Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-03-09

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Mar 9
● Final127 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
1,775 head
▲ 456 vs last sale 1,319▲ 25 vs year ago 1,750 · +1.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 734, Heifers 698, Bulls 343)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $466.40/cwt on 205 head, down $1.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 34 comparable sales and sits +2.97 against this barn's trailing median of $463.42.
Average price
$466.40
▼ 1.43 vs prior sale
205 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$457
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$87.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.65
vs VA average
−5.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568477.792,71474
Medium and Large 2556469.572,61062
Medium and Large 1551455.112,50865
Medium and Large 3579390.002,2574thin
One grade step is worth $87.79/cwt here — about $457 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale205 hd
466.40
—
VA average8 barns · 404 hd
460.75
+5.65
National average178 barns · 10,669 hd
472.20
−5.80
This barn, trailing median34 sales
463.42
+2.97
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
507456404353median 463.4203/0204/2706/2908/3110/26
Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.16, low $366.76, median $463.42 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

127 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 · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,66811
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Value Added305600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,8306
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,8264
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2348555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,9312
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371521.34/cwt500.00–525.001,93411
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3372540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,0093
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374540.69/cwt485.00–550.002,02213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added387555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,1487
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added422555.52/cwt540.00–560.002,34426
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423524.67/cwt460.00–530.002,21925
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9463
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2436515.47/cwt515.00–520.002,24710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3455400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8201
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473472.15/cwt420.00–475.002,23320
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484465.03/cwt375.00–483.002,25112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added487520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,53221
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,63211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added533503.40/cwt500.00–505.002,68322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2542430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,33115
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7991
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1546450.42/cwt425.00–452.502,45952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,4955
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural574495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,8418
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578471.29/cwt395.00–487.502,72463
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580376.45/cwt360.00–385.002,1833
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added585475.43/cwt440.00–500.002,78122
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3590410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4193
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2507
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added607439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,66520
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637390.89/cwt390.00–391.002,49028
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2641383.92/cwt355.00–390.002,46117
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655407.58/cwt400.00–417.502,67021
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,74026
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3690300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0701
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural696386.67/cwt385.00–387.002,69112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added704387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,72411
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717389.56/cwt381.00–400.002,79326
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3563
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736344.82/cwt340.00–360.002,5384
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758334.50/cwt285.00–340.002,53620
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added768380.97/cwt375.00–382.002,92677
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added840375.00/cwt375.00–375.003,15017
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1842325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,73714
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2860325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,7951
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added895355.00/cwt355.00–355.003,17723
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1895340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,04310
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,011280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,8318
Feeder Cattle · Heifers47 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281478.00/cwt440.00–490.001,3434
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added320515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,6485
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327456.61/cwt350.00–485.001,49314
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333481.03/cwt440.00–485.001,60215
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Value Added349530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,8504
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360401.77/cwt375.00–430.001,44618
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374467.72/cwt425.00–470.001,74920
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,73419
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added405532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,15719
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420447.16/cwt398.00–465.001,87828
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422451.16/cwt410.00–457.501,90435
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3439428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,87923
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Natural471445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0967
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474433.69/cwt350.00–445.002,05628
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476435.47/cwt405.00–437.502,07332
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478487.89/cwt478.00–497.502,33219
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8541
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534333.20/cwt325.00–350.001,7793
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540340.35/cwt320.00–355.001,8387
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Natural541400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,16410
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added552440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,42913
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2552382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,11160
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,18846
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3561345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,93510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4188
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added584400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3369
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added609355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1629
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0635
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0864
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643327.07/cwt325.00–340.002,10341
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1919
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,12226
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural681330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,24712
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added689310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,13621
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3720310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2321
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added727318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,31235
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2737307.00/cwt290.00–310.002,26313
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1744315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,34414
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5545
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added794310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4615
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added828305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5257
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2828265.32/cwt250.00–280.002,1974
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1841295.74/cwt275.00–299.002,4877
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added871287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,50414
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,2701
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2927276.86/cwt260.00–285.002,5663
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,4961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,4311
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,83110
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328476.54/cwt405.00–500.001,5636
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3361460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6618
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373512.26/cwt465.00–525.001,91118
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2382531.52/cwt500.00–535.002,03021
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419491.22/cwt360.00–515.002,05819
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422516.91/cwt460.00–523.002,18128
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3456447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,0417
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,15513
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477453.79/cwt440.00–457.502,16514
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added485457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,2197
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518422.46/cwt415.00–430.002,1882
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3540350.75/cwt290.00–360.001,8947
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2542402.85/cwt325.00–410.002,18323
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,27636
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8972
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1081
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3626314.97/cwt312.50–325.001,9725
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added643360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,31511
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2647364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,35516
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1656365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,39425
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2669319.93/cwt315.00–327.502,1405
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2721
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,35014
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1752310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,33113
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added773322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,49313
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1838280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3462
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2857265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2713
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1930250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3251
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2940212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,9982
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1964247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,3864

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.