Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-10-13

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Oct 13
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
891 head
▼ 158 vs last sale 1,049▼ 602 vs year ago 1,493 · −40.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 328, Heifers 350, Bulls 213)

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 $331.59/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −37.76 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$331.59
106 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,808
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.50
vs VA average
−66.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545333.831,82176
Medium and Large 2540327.121,76625
Medium and Large 3567320.001,8145thin
One grade step is worth $13.83/cwt here — about $6 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 sale106 hd
331.59
—
VA average10 barns · 520 hd
326.10
+5.50
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−66.27
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−37.76
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

75 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1952
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2342430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4713
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3463
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3355385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3671
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6646
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,82316
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430425.25/cwt415.00–427.501,82916
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3448365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6353
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,88014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1491409.42/cwt350.00–412.502,01038
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3537370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9873
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2651
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2556388.77/cwt360.00–397.002,16227
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560407.66/cwt355.00–412.002,283107
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639372.84/cwt367.50–373.002,38233
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9841
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3651335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1814
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2653350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,28614
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3961
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721316.92/cwt310.00–327.502,2855
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2761326.16/cwt315.00–337.502,4826
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2811292.05/cwt200.00–327.502,3695
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873326.97/cwt325.00–330.002,85410
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2900200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8001
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2980250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,4501
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Value Added1,083242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,6214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1292350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0223
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326393.84/cwt375.00–400.001,2847
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3186
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3349400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,39614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3355275.00/cwt275.00–275.009761
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375393.56/cwt380.00–395.001,47610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379384.79/cwt365.00–390.001,4585
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,54431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434352.23/cwt345.00–352.501,52928
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3446340.03/cwt335.00–345.001,5174
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5936
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479344.32/cwt305.00–350.001,64923
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,69634
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540327.12/cwt305.00–328.001,76625
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545334.60/cwt320.00–335.001,82473
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7483
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3567320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8145
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,00012
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635270.75/cwt175.00–330.001,7193
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644318.36/cwt300.00–320.002,05027
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3705275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9391
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2721312.15/cwt310.00–312.502,2517
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,8138
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2828280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3182
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1846280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3694
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,070227.84/cwt227.50–228.002,4383
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2312438.80/cwt420.00–445.001,3694
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3358390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3962
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375422.28/cwt325.00–445.001,5845
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380447.15/cwt425.00–450.001,6999
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3423383.30/cwt360.00–405.001,6216
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426412.44/cwt402.50–417.501,75712
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,8079
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475422.94/cwt400.00–425.002,00912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481404.85/cwt404.00–415.001,94713
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6904
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8823
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540337.19/cwt330.00–337.501,82124
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1554335.48/cwt310.00–340.001,85934
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3558310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7302
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7672
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625300.64/cwt270.00–308.001,8795
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1649325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,10935
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7821
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1664300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9924
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1747264.67/cwt260.00–265.001,97715
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2773235.11/cwt230.00–240.001,8172
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1847231.67/cwt205.00–245.001,9623
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1970195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8921

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.