Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-11-03

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Nov 3
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
884 head
▼ 128 vs last sale 1,012▼ 73 vs year ago 957 · −7.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 249, Heifers 364, Bulls 271)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

*CORRECTION: REMOVES THIN FLESHED DESIGNATION FROM 419-LB HEIFER LOT*

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.23/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −40.11 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$329.23
116 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$29.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.40
vs VA average
−36.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2543336.541,82739
Medium and Large 1548329.021,80565
Medium and Large 3536306.671,64312thin
One grade step is worth $29.87/cwt here — about $184 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale116 hd
329.23
—
VA average7 barns · 418 hd
322.83
+6.40
National average198 barns · 25,157 hd
365.61
−36.38
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−40.11
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

92 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1701
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4939
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added383435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6668
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383375.54/cwt305.00–410.001,4384
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424405.33/cwt380.00–410.001,71916
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5765
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added453414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,8756
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added458417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,91011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483373.40/cwt340.00–407.501,8044
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9609
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538369.94/cwt360.00–375.001,9903
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3548275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5072
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,15533
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2556385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,14119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added628355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2296
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9531
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2921
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added635360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2865
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3681
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2657325.70/cwt205.00–357.502,1405
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,40920
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added697352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,45713
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2726336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,43910
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3730285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0811
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743334.81/cwt330.00–335.002,48825
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added792332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,6299
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6174
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2820225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8451
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4071
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2860305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6232
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6551
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2935282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,6411
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940282.51/cwt280.00–285.002,6566
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2968282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,7352
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1286346.75/cwt315.00–355.009925
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1577
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2903
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1893
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375355.11/cwt305.00–362.501,33216
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,40816
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420356.11/cwt315.00–358.001,49632
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,48417
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,46310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474333.14/cwt270.00–340.001,57921
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,62220
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3531319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,69410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543336.54/cwt270.00–340.001,82739
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548330.25/cwt255.00–335.001,81064
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3722
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4501
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added605285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7245
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635314.44/cwt285.00–318.001,99726
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638301.16/cwt285.00–302.501,92113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9181
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2658225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4814
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3664295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9594
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738260.41/cwt260.00–265.001,92212
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2742252.50/cwt205.00–270.001,87411
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3760255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9382
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8723
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0151
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2843295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4876
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1856285.98/cwt280.00–287.502,4485
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1063
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2321407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,3088
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340390.57/cwt370.00–397.501,3288
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5584
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,50514
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3376353.60/cwt335.00–360.001,3304
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425414.96/cwt395.00–417.001,76419
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,58017
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470331.84/cwt295.00–345.001,5604
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,87214
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481382.83/cwt350.00–390.001,84123
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542367.43/cwt365.00–367.501,99134
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2544362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,97229
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3544342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8636
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2554333.62/cwt315.00–340.001,8484
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9721
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,8286
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1638322.68/cwt320.00–330.002,05911
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2641322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,06713
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1656325.00/cwt320.00–330.002,13224
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2734275.05/cwt245.00–285.002,0194
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1742300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2267
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0391
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2823205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6872
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1831250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0784
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2905167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,5162
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,043185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,9302

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.