Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-10-20

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Oct 20
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
787 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 891▼ 256 vs year ago 1,043 · −24.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 252, Dairy Steers 3, Heifers 329, Bulls 203)

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 $351.61/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −17.74 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$351.61
97 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$244
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.18
vs VA average
−39.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2545352.231,92033
Medium and Large 1540351.981,90162
Medium and Large 3508330.001,6762thin
One grade step is worth $22.23/cwt here — about $244 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 sale97 hd
351.61
—
VA average8 barns · 350 hd
342.43
+9.18
National average186 barns · 24,193 hd
390.82
−39.21
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−17.74
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

77 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8222
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373420.72/cwt350.00–455.001,56912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432454.00/cwt454.00–454.001,96112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,94711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3436420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8317
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3480360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,08615
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,0867
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3519341.23/cwt340.00–345.001,7714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1541404.63/cwt380.00–408.002,18944
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2551405.89/cwt402.50–406.002,23632
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3782
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added577415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,39510
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7051
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2636365.16/cwt364.00–370.002,32210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1647369.15/cwt350.00–370.002,38847
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,2591
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670319.96/cwt315.00–325.002,1442
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added688355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,44213
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716325.05/cwt289.00–337.502,3275
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,2562
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2834327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,7314
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2973262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,5542
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,6432
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1022
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4493
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4377
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4739
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377384.61/cwt345.00–397.501,45012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3383325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2453
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added420400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,68011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421380.07/cwt320.00–389.001,60022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428382.18/cwt325.00–388.001,63621
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465349.56/cwt320.00–360.001,6254
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473366.10/cwt327.50–369.001,73215
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479369.61/cwt320.00–373.001,77041
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3508330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6762
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540351.98/cwt320.00–354.001,90162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,92432
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,8011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3629310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9503
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633326.58/cwt305.00–330.002,06720
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,12919
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0151
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,9513
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2733293.71/cwt285.00–310.002,1538
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755287.55/cwt265.00–302.502,17114
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3760205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5582
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2808285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3032
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1833295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4574
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1283495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,4013
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2326378.26/cwt350.00–460.001,2334
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327498.15/cwt495.00–500.001,62911
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3358305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0922
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2371387.21/cwt360.00–425.001,43711
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379480.55/cwt350.00–507.501,82111
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418434.64/cwt350.00–455.001,81710
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426424.73/cwt350.00–447.501,8099
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3457325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4855
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467378.82/cwt375.00–407.501,7699
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,93911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523313.94/cwt275.00–352.501,6422
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3527254.82/cwt175.00–285.001,3434
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3550285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5681
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2552352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,94629
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1554362.55/cwt335.00–368.002,00934
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617334.80/cwt290.00–341.002,0668
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9201
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2654330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,15817
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0646
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3720210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5121
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9898
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,2431
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1833277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,3122
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1990222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,2032
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers700–750Large 2702225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5803

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.