Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-08-25

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Aug 25
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
787 head
▲ 286 vs last sale 501▲ 136 vs year ago 651 · +20.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Heifers 336, Bulls 276)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $344.52/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 10 of 34 comparable sales and sits −24.82 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$344.52
94 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,877
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$27.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.38
vs VA average
−25.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545365.001,98914thin
Medium and Large 2542350.001,89717thin
Medium and Large 3583342.501,99711thin
Medium and Large 1538337.651,81552
One grade step is worth $27.35/cwt here — about $174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale94 hd
344.52
—
VA average6 barns · 418 hd
341.15
+3.38
National average160 barns · 10,603 hd
369.81
−25.29
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−24.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
420380341302median 369.3503/0204/2706/2908/3110/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $405.91, low $315.56, median $369.35 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

80 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Winchester, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330466.36/cwt420.00–510.001,5392
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2336509.09/cwt395.00–530.001,71116
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4542
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370476.96/cwt450.00–535.001,7654
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added381535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,0387
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7132
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3412437.26/cwt435.00–440.001,8029
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413446.18/cwt425.00–455.001,84312
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,03710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9818
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480451.72/cwt425.00–455.002,16815
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added492472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,3259
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503430.25/cwt380.00–480.002,1642
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,23615
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550451.00/cwt451.00–451.002,48111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3563330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8583
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added597395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3587
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628364.51/cwt340.00–367.502,2899
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629362.45/cwt360.00–367.502,2806
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3633362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,2953
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4311
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added763367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,8049
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2788317.54/cwt305.00–330.002,5022
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2810327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,6532
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2870335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,9151
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,003300.00/cwt300.00–300.003,0094
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,065270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,8761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,2887
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,50218
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327442.48/cwt410.00–470.001,44710
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3361395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4265
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369408.82/cwt250.00–430.001,50917
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376402.77/cwt335.00–433.001,51413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419408.50/cwt355.00–422.501,71219
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425404.24/cwt345.00–425.001,71824
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472376.10/cwt355.00–377.501,77531
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3482355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7119
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2489367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,79710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added528355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8742
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537337.72/cwt320.00–343.001,81447
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,89717
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added545365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,98914
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7973
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3583342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,99711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618331.77/cwt325.00–332.502,05021
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8074
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,11712
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678269.02/cwt265.00–270.001,8245
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2655
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735304.14/cwt295.00–310.002,2355
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1863290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,5037
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2883275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4283
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1944273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,5774
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open959281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,6955
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,6014
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,110250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,7751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1287515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,4785
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327547.50/cwt547.50–547.501,79010
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3327393.40/cwt370.00–405.001,2863
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,78217
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379514.35/cwt455.00–525.001,94913
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,01414
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,96118
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429467.24/cwt420.00–472.502,00426
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3444430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9095
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472448.12/cwt385.00–455.002,11522
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,01523
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530385.68/cwt365.00–400.002,04432
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2542375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,03334
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8361
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630349.05/cwt340.00–350.002,19910
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1651340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2134
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2651330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,14812
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3672275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8483
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1729297.96/cwt290.00–300.002,1725
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2738307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,2697
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3941
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4191
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0164

This sale against other markets

Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.