Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-12-01

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Dec 1
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
503 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 496▼ 559 vs year ago 1,062 · −52.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 147, Heifers 213, Bulls 143)

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 $320.78/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −48.57 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$320.78
66 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,736
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.17
vs VA average
−49.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550323.711,78028
Medium and Large 2536322.491,72931
Medium and Large 3528301.461,5927thin
One grade step is worth $22.25/cwt here — about $189 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 sale66 hd
320.78
—
VA average3 barns · 167 hd
321.95
−1.17
National average194 barns · 19,992 hd
370.45
−49.67
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−48.57
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

74 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380349.68/cwt300.00–425.001,3295
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1061
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8754
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435289.83/cwt285.00–305.001,2614
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477318.64/cwt270.00–370.001,5208
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8477
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5342
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,96416
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2551367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,02511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added554330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8286
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added580340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9724
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1593310.02/cwt305.00–315.001,8382
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636343.15/cwt325.00–345.502,18215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,0871
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2654324.44/cwt320.00–325.002,1229
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2519
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3601
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2171
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,3447
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2834285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3774
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added835326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,72213
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1838290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4305
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,4251
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,174232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,7305
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0105
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3332280.89/cwt270.00–305.009333
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3350305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0684
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383326.37/cwt255.00–350.001,2506
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386344.88/cwt315.00–350.001,3317
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3864
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,41614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3443298.21/cwt260.00–307.501,32110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5049
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478314.16/cwt295.00–317.001,50215
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528301.46/cwt265.00–307.501,5927
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536322.49/cwt307.50–324.001,72931
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550323.71/cwt320.00–324.001,78028
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added605295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,78513
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5634
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8538
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646301.05/cwt260.00–308.001,94520
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2714270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9288
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8358
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3735165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2131
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2845230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9443
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0882
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1121
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,000160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280345.00/cwt345.00–345.009661
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325402.15/cwt330.00–435.001,3073
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3360345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2421
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5316
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379387.35/cwt375.00–435.001,4685
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430361.42/cwt320.00–375.001,5548
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8405
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3439323.38/cwt315.00–350.001,4204
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,76110
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,8768
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1546362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,97926
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2548310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6992
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3549280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5377
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2559350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,95714
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633302.92/cwt215.00–315.001,91718
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3635272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7302
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2646300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9386
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6501
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2712254.41/cwt200.00–272.501,8114
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1726249.38/cwt225.00–257.501,8104
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3740215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5911
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1321
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2848205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7382
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2923245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,2612
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,3031

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.