Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-01-05

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jan 5
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
651 head
▲ 434 vs last sale 217▲ 651 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 129, Heifers 318, Bulls 204)

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 $349.41/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 11 of 34 comparable sales and sits −19.94 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$349.41
117 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,886
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 3
$42.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.33
vs VA average
−60.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3500372.501,86317thin
Medium and Large 1549348.041,91048
Medium and Large 2544344.221,87348
Medium and Large 3546330.001,8024thin
One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale117 hd
349.41
—
VA average3 barns · 251 hd
355.74
−6.33
National average199 barns · 28,725 hd
410.10
−60.69
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−19.94
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

86 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3346460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5924
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2383420.95/cwt375.00–470.001,6122
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8331
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3Value Added400445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7805
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432411.33/cwt375.00–430.001,7773
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481414.49/cwt390.00–427.501,99411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2266
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535390.26/cwt360.00–405.002,0887
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1548405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,21916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added631365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3036
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645363.55/cwt360.00–370.002,3457
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,50617
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0401
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2521
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3758290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1982
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,65112
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2782335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,6203
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added806360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,90211
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3522
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,6863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0261
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,3243
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3431
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3348392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,3663
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376408.53/cwt375.00–415.001,5366
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5656
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3422390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,64622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,75920
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,75610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3453386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,7497
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467388.67/cwt367.50–397.501,81524
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476381.04/cwt350.00–385.001,8149
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,86317
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,8878
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added540370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9985
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544344.22/cwt295.00–365.001,87348
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3546330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8024
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,90235
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630321.22/cwt305.00–323.002,02414
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,10219
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3667297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9843
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669322.72/cwt315.00–325.002,1599
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2717297.91/cwt297.50–300.002,1366
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3728282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,0572
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1747297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,22212
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0012
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3770240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8481
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2365
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2848287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,4344
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1863275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3732
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1909273.95/cwt252.50–281.002,4904
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2935225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1041
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1950257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,4422
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,5413
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7486
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335430.45/cwt400.00–490.001,4423
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369483.51/cwt475.00–485.001,7847
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377439.10/cwt375.00–455.001,6555
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6561
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3405325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3161
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424438.25/cwt365.00–450.001,8587
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431424.99/cwt315.00–450.001,83212
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471389.65/cwt330.00–405.001,83517
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477439.99/cwt400.00–442.502,09917
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480334.90/cwt325.00–340.001,6083
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535399.44/cwt355.00–405.002,13735
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2541390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,11012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578316.71/cwt300.00–325.001,8313
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3579320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8534
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2608327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,99111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6862
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8441
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3647310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0063
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1652333.71/cwt300.00–338.002,17618
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2664310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0585
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1708318.11/cwt285.00–322.502,2529
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3730275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0082
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1833
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1773285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2034
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0381
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1847263.04/cwt245.00–267.502,2285
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2940235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2091
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers600–650Large 2648205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3284

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.