Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-10-06

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Oct 6
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
1,049 head
▼ 228 vs last sale 1,277▲ 176 vs year ago 873 · +20.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 344, Heifers 435, Bulls 270)

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 $323.18/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −46.17 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$323.18
144 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.35
vs VA average
−61.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549327.881,79994
Medium and Large 2537314.851,69140
Medium and Large 3548312.251,71110thin
One grade step is worth $15.63/cwt here — about $88 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale144 hd
323.18
—
VA average8 barns · 567 hd
318.83
+4.35
National average182 barns · 15,418 hd
384.39
−61.21
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−46.17
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

85 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2308420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2942
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2358435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5576
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373447.35/cwt445.00–455.001,6694
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425423.53/cwt400.00–425.001,80016
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,88415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472391.43/cwt305.00–397.501,84815
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479404.50/cwt400.00–405.001,93810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530318.77/cwt280.00–375.001,6898
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538357.77/cwt315.00–361.001,92541
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6504
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557408.38/cwt295.00–415.002,27573
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,27212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610355.04/cwt350.00–360.002,1662
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3647320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0703
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651357.62/cwt280.00–363.002,32848
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668325.13/cwt260.00–356.002,17219
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2723307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,2236
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734325.94/cwt310.00–330.002,39215
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780297.60/cwt290.00–300.002,3214
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2828314.91/cwt285.00–325.002,6075
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1848320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,7145
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added856335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,86814
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,003254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,5482
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,047252.86/cwt225.00–257.502,6477
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1289375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0844
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1303401.07/cwt375.00–407.501,2155
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328384.28/cwt367.50–390.001,26019
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364380.56/cwt335.00–390.001,3856
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2771
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377373.32/cwt355.00–375.001,40712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,45925
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,67140
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3444332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,4764
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475353.85/cwt330.00–357.501,68130
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,70826
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537314.85/cwt240.00–326.001,69140
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3543310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6837
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548328.05/cwt317.50–329.001,79889
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7783
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563324.86/cwt275.00–345.001,8295
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632305.47/cwt285.00–315.001,93127
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3643295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8972
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2648328.53/cwt315.00–329.002,12929
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3650319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,0748
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1427
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2687299.88/cwt250.00–325.002,0609
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730269.66/cwt245.00–295.001,9692
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3735230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6915
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2748292.63/cwt290.00–293.002,1898
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765281.13/cwt275.00–300.002,1514
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2Value Added818290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3727
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8481
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2849265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2504
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0761
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2900235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278377.81/cwt265.00–405.001,0505
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2319412.09/cwt355.00–430.001,3158
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,53013
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3337340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1463
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,59620
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0263
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6289
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2416385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6029
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440380.66/cwt380.00–385.001,67515
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440220.00/cwt220.00–220.009681
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3463320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4824
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472376.92/cwt335.00–380.001,77915
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478325.95/cwt300.00–335.001,55811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510307.84/cwt290.00–325.001,5702
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535343.95/cwt290.00–347.501,84033
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3547260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4229
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2554308.74/cwt205.00–335.001,7105
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563340.17/cwt305.00–346.001,91535
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2641276.33/cwt245.00–280.001,77121
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1648285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,84716
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660272.41/cwt260.00–285.001,7982
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3663255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6914
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7274
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2748230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,72012
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7831
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2778250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9452
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,9641
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4531
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2913165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5062

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.