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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-23

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Mar 23

● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Mar 16Mar 23Mar 30 →

Receipts

1,274 head

▲ 368 vs last sale 906▲ 226 vs year ago 1,048 · +21.6%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 469, Heifers 500, Bulls 305)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $364.11/cwt on 169 head, down $9.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 34 comparable sales and sits −5.24 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$364.11

▼ 9.00 vs prior sale

169 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$6.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.98

vs VA average

−61.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	366.52	1,983	57
Medium and Large 2	555	363.04	2,016	106
Medium and Large 3	536	360.00	1,930	6thin

One grade step is worth $6.52/cwt here — about $54 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 sale169 hd

364.11

—

VA average9 barns · 594 hd

373.09

−8.98

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−61.08

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

−5.24

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

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

108 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,834	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,915	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	363	497.35/cwt	490.00–515.00	1,805	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,164	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,189	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	426	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,109	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	537.56/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,317	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	473	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,353	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,375	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	500.80/cwt	500.00–501.00	2,404	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	509	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,545	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	520	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,587	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	487.20/cwt	482.50–487.50	2,597	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	543	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,444	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	482.18/cwt	425.00–495.00	2,734	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	608	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,569	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	619	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,600	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,580	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	390.72/cwt	367.50–395.00	2,587	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	675	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,548	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,795	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	692	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,733	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	696	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,749	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	716	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,721	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	717	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,782	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	369.62/cwt	369.00–375.00	2,720	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	739	353.34/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,611	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	750	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,569	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,567	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	759	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,808	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	759	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,808	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	762	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,850	66
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,776	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	847	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,931	21
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,779	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	926	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,222	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,151	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	985	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,300	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	281	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,391	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	284	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,434	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	489.03/cwt	430.00–507.50	1,555	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	497.78/cwt	475.00–499.00	1,618	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,680	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	473.98/cwt	370.00–486.00	1,768	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	1,872	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	453.32/cwt	435.00–454.00	1,936	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	459.67/cwt	415.00–462.50	1,990	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	434	462.80/cwt	445.00–495.00	2,009	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	419.07/cwt	300.00–439.00	1,898	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	443.79/cwt	425.00–448.00	2,121	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	439.57/cwt	425.00–443.00	2,119	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	495	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,104	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	498	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,196	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	536	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,930	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	368.03/cwt	360.00–369.00	1,987	55
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	542	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,005	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	331.04/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,794	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	354.75/cwt	300.00–359.00	1,951	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	569	369.64/cwt	335.00–376.00	2,103	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,862	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,077	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	356.47/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,256	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,154	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	651	347.05/cwt	337.50–348.00	2,259	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	653	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,370	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	715	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,074	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	729	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,387	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,365	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,355	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,445	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,508	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	860	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,761	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,451	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,503	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,696	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	560.25/cwt	505.00–570.00	1,586	6
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	284	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,576	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,900	9
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	569.47/cwt	525.00–581.00	1,868	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	357	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,981	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	538.11/cwt	480.00–570.00	2,045	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	2,218	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	520.46/cwt	500.00–524.00	2,207	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	496.10/cwt	435.00–515.00	2,128	25
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	438	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,146	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,947	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	482.24/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,295	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	482.18/cwt	465.00–483.00	2,310	22
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	380.53/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,994	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	541	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,137	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	423.43/cwt	412.50–425.00	2,299	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,332	29
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	551	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,336	24
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,261	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,290	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	366.59/cwt	360.00–367.00	2,383	17
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	651	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,376	12
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	727	326.09/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,371	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	733	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,016	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,460	7
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	827	285.82/cwt	265.00–290.00	2,364	6
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,516	4
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	935	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,618	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,007	272.48/cwt	270.00–277.50	2,744	6

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Winchester, VA

Mon Mar 23, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 1,274Last week 906Year ago 1,048

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 469, Heifers 500, Bulls 305)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	281	495.00	495.00
20	300–350	325	475.00–499.00	497.78
21	350–400	373	370.00–486.00	473.98
28	400–450	427	435.00–454.00	453.32
38	450–500	482	425.00–443.00	439.57
55	500–550	540	360.00–369.00	368.03
2	550–600	573	325.00	325.00
17	600–650	633	330.00–360.00	356.47
2	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
8	700–750	739	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	785	300.00	300.00
4	800–850	843	290.00	290.00
1	850–900	860	285.00	285.00
1	900–950	910	275.00	275.00
6	950–1000	963	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	498	441.00	441.00
9	850–900	860	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	434	445.00–495.00	462.80
7	450–500	495	425.00	425.00
25	500–550	542	370.00	370.00
43	550–600	569	335.00–376.00	369.64
18	650–700	653	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	350	480.00	480.00
7	450–500	453	300.00–439.00	419.07
6	500–550	536	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	620	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	715	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	284	505.00	505.00
8	300–350	318	430.00–507.50	489.03
15	350–400	379	494.00	494.00
27	400–450	433	415.00–462.50	459.67
15	450–500	478	425.00–448.00	443.79
6	500–550	542	310.00–335.00	331.04
32	550–600	550	300.00–359.00	354.75
4	600–650	643	335.00	335.00
11	650–700	651	337.50–348.00	347.05
8	700–750	729	327.50	327.50
1	850–900	850	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	509	500.00	500.00
8	700–750	716	380.00	380.00
17	750–800	759	370.00	370.00
21	800–850	847	346.00	346.00
10	900–950	926	348.00	348.00
6	950–1000	985	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	619	420.00	420.00
28	650–700	692	395.00	395.00
14	700–750	717	388.00	388.00
66	750–800	762	374.00	374.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	473	497.50	497.50
28	750–800	759	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	520	497.50	497.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	543	450.00	450.00
27	600–650	608	422.50	422.50
8	650–700	696	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	555.00	555.00
10	400–450	425	515.00	515.00
5	450–500	480	500.00–501.00	500.80
15	550–600	567	425.00–495.00	482.18
13	650–700	662	367.50–395.00	390.72
6	700–750	739	345.00–355.00	353.34
2	850–900	855	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	575.00	575.00
12	350–400	378	572.50	572.50
12	400–450	431	500.00–545.00	537.56
14	450–500	475	500.00	500.00
32	500–550	533	482.50–487.50	487.20
2	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
18	600–650	641	402.50	402.50
1	650–700	690	405.00	405.00
11	700–750	736	369.00–375.00	369.62
1	750–800	755	340.00	340.00
11	800–850	819	339.00	339.00
5	950–1000	952	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	490.00–515.00	497.35
4	400–450	426	495.00	495.00
1	500–550	535	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	675	377.50	377.50
2	750–800	750	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	283	505.00–570.00	560.25
10	300–350	328	525.00–581.00	569.47
4	350–400	380	480.00–570.00	538.11
25	400–450	429	435.00–515.00	496.10
22	450–500	479	465.00–483.00	482.18
8	500–550	543	412.50–425.00	423.43
29	550–600	550	424.00	424.00
1	600–650	625	300.00	300.00
17	650–700	650	360.00–367.00	366.59
7	750–800	751	327.50	327.50
4	850–900	853	295.00	295.00
6	1000–1050	1,007	270.00–277.50	272.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	357	555.00	555.00
12	400–450	438	490.00	490.00
6	450–500	458	425.00	425.00
17	500–550	541	395.00	395.00
4	600–650	645	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	733	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	284	555.00	555.00
9	300–350	322	590.00	590.00
11	350–400	384	577.50	577.50
14	400–450	424	500.00–524.00	520.46
14	450–500	476	465.00–485.00	482.24
3	500–550	524	350.00–395.00	380.53
24	550–600	551	424.00	424.00
3	600–650	637	355.00	355.00
12	650–700	651	365.00	365.00
9	700–750	727	325.00–330.00	326.09
6	800–850	827	265.00–290.00	285.82
1	900–950	935	280.00	280.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.