Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-11-24

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Nov 24
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
496 head
▼ 620 vs last sale 1,116▼ 113 vs year ago 609 · −18.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 124, Heifers 233, Bulls 139)

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 $324.22/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −45.13 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$324.22
87 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,764
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$47.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.46
vs VA average
−25.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532345.001,83536
Medium and Large 1557315.201,75627
Medium and Large 2551305.671,68517thin
Medium and Large 3540297.141,6057thin
One grade step is worth $47.86/cwt here — about $230 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale87 hd
324.22
—
VA average6 barns · 277 hd
317.76
+6.46
National average34 barns · 3,821 hd
349.37
−25.15
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−45.13
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

79 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 1330350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1551
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1561
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0651
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3802
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added388390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5138
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427299.19/cwt230.00–345.001,2785
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6027
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474352.46/cwt300.00–367.501,6715
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5065
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1541378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,04529
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2547334.52/cwt330.00–335.001,83010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7521
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,21012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7602
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3710187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3311
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3767
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2501
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2762287.95/cwt225.00–310.002,1944
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2810160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2961
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1819273.99/cwt250.00–280.002,2445
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2928237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,2043
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1604
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323280.00/cwt280.00–280.009042
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1339302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0255
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3364262.10/cwt245.00–265.009547
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377260.21/cwt250.00–280.009813
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0625
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3759
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425317.29/cwt265.00–332.501,34813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added428343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,46819
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3439257.23/cwt245.00–260.001,12910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473302.78/cwt285.00–315.001,4329
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482323.11/cwt310.00–325.001,5578
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515273.23/cwt235.00–310.001,4072
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,83536
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3536300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6086
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2556310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,72415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557315.20/cwt255.00–324.001,75627
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628273.45/cwt235.00–280.001,7177
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,92014
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5281
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3665247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,6465
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730253.04/cwt245.00–255.001,8475
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2744243.32/cwt240.00–250.001,8109
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2848240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0355
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2945225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1262
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2955235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2442
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,018235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,3922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1472
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333337.89/cwt250.00–360.001,1255
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365377.12/cwt350.00–385.001,3769
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369352.20/cwt280.00–370.001,3005
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3370304.73/cwt290.00–310.001,1284
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429381.33/cwt355.00–385.001,63616
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3429269.97/cwt250.00–280.001,1586
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,63910
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3458255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475300.43/cwt270.00–310.001,4274
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477342.03/cwt310.00–350.001,63110
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2542304.91/cwt240.00–315.001,6537
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1546300.36/cwt300.00–305.001,64013
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3550215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1832
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2557271.62/cwt255.00–280.001,5133
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626283.96/cwt280.00–300.001,7785
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1646340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1967
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1667316.28/cwt275.00–330.002,1104
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3672250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6803
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8331
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1747290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1666
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2767240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8416
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3770175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3483
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7121
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2878190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6682
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1885215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9031

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.