Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-02-02

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Feb 2
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
139 head
▼ 449 vs last sale 588▼ 748 vs year ago 887 · −84.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 68, Bulls 34)

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 $356.37/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −12.98 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$356.37
19 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,939
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs VA average
−75.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2540357.791,93112thin
Medium and Large 1559357.501,9985thin
Medium and Large 3533345.001,8392thin
One grade step is worth $12.79/cwt here — about $92 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 sale19 hd
356.37
—
VA average1 barns · 19 hd
356.37
+0.00
National average145 barns · 12,920 hd
431.54
−75.17
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−12.98
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

50 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,2881
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4272
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3971
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5432
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3462440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0333
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465435.48/cwt420.00–450.002,0252
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0091
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,4031
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2548430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,3565
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,48914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3590375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4052
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5011
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4991
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1483
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2962
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3262
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5315
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2581
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7441
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470365.21/cwt335.00–370.001,7167
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3474345.69/cwt325.00–350.001,6396
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532359.18/cwt335.00–367.501,9118
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8392
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9704
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,9985
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,15110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0641
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3658325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1392
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1882
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730292.50/cwt270.00–315.002,1352
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1171
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2308455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4012
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,7902
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6042
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423411.86/cwt375.00–445.001,7422
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2462440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0333
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0921
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,2757
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565383.03/cwt360.00–395.002,1643
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1091
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0831
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2081
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2053
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1712293.36/cwt265.00–325.002,0893
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2773285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2032
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9201

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.