Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-04-13

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Apr 13
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
1,770 head
▲ 1,164 vs last sale 606▲ 574 vs year ago 1,196 · +48.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 686, Heifers 689, Bulls 395)

Value Added and Natural 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 $361.31/cwt on 129 head, down $27.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −8.04 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$361.31
▼ 27.19 vs prior sale
129 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,957
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$24.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−43.79
vs VA average
−66.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540379.002,04711thin
Medium and Large 2545365.611,99333
Medium and Large 1540357.771,93272
Medium and Large 3545354.991,93313thin
One grade step is worth $24.01/cwt here — about $114 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 sale129 hd
361.31
—
VA average10 barns · 737 hd
405.10
−43.79
National average182 barns · 12,591 hd
427.39
−66.08
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−8.04
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

119 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 · Steers49 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2314670.00/cwt670.00–670.002,1045
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324685.00/cwt685.00–685.002,2196
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372583.92/cwt575.00–585.002,1729
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381607.28/cwt600.00–622.502,31419
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3388522.88/cwt470.00–550.002,0293
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426553.05/cwt545.00–554.002,35626
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427563.95/cwt530.00–570.002,40818
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9351
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0483
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468526.45/cwt495.00–535.002,46464
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471524.68/cwt520.00–525.002,47115
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,6287
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3533435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,3192
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2544477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,59833
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545485.27/cwt477.50–505.002,64597
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555514.07/cwt470.00–525.002,85349
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3555442.00/cwt440.00–450.002,4535
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added559485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,7117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,6101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,68516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,7237
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631408.07/cwt390.00–425.002,5756
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634420.31/cwt414.00–440.002,66543
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3641400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5644
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,75914
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,74620
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674401.59/cwt380.00–410.002,7076
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3715335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3951
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added725410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,97329
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2731360.74/cwt350.00–362.502,6377
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added737377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,7826
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743375.28/cwt365.00–392.502,78816
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6781
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770342.50/cwt330.00–355.002,6372
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added797353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,8137
Steers800–850Small 1813320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6024
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added837357.78/cwt355.00–360.002,99549
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1842344.49/cwt320.00–348.002,9018
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2855330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,8223
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1863346.20/cwt342.50–350.002,9884
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added924330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,04915
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,9611
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2940311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,9231
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1966318.99/cwt315.00–320.003,0815
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added968322.50/cwt322.50–322.503,12214
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2975325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,1692
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Value Added1,009312.50/cwt312.50–312.503,1538
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,105280.00/cwt280.00–280.003,0941
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,182269.00/cwt269.00–269.003,18011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers45 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2283552.50/cwt552.50–552.501,5649
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1291540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,57118
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326491.37/cwt400.00–510.001,60220
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333526.42/cwt495.00–529.001,75326
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6911
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8338
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373529.74/cwt500.00–534.001,97632
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378525.19/cwt505.00–529.001,98525
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430483.69/cwt483.00–492.502,08041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432482.81/cwt475.00–497.502,08648
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433394.57/cwt320.00–470.001,7082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3457459.55/cwt455.00–460.002,10023
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474443.73/cwt425.00–447.502,10330
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479434.48/cwt340.00–439.602,08149
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,94010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537357.05/cwt325.00–360.001,91765
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,04711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544366.25/cwt352.50–370.001,99232
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568364.47/cwt325.00–371.002,0707
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3593318.30/cwt290.00–335.001,8883
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added611349.42/cwt349.00–350.002,13522
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added635343.88/cwt335.00–350.002,18415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9691
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,22616
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2637330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,10224
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3654325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1263
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added663340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,25417
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667332.43/cwt325.00–340.002,2174
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2669309.91/cwt290.00–320.002,0737
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural711331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,35310
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2737312.72/cwt300.00–316.002,30514
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1746320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3879
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2749333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,49412
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4381
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added797340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,71015
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2810305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4711
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1836321.96/cwt317.50–330.002,69217
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1860315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7091
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open867302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,6239
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1928305.68/cwt300.00–307.502,8374
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2958280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,6822
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,8181
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,007277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,7946
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,025310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,17812
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1281675.00/cwt675.00–675.001,8978
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2292708.79/cwt630.00–725.002,07018
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2326652.59/cwt630.00–685.002,12725
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327678.81/cwt610.00–695.002,22024
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3357535.36/cwt535.00–540.001,91114
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372546.62/cwt545.00–565.002,03325
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1386567.50/cwt567.50–567.502,19122
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422551.74/cwt530.00–562.502,32839
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422544.72/cwt510.00–550.002,29917
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3434525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,2798
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,30210
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480497.16/cwt467.50–502.502,38625
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519456.38/cwt440.00–475.002,36910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3522430.06/cwt425.00–435.002,2454
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2537477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,56428
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1551485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,67243
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563410.76/cwt390.00–425.002,3135
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2813
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1639379.71/cwt375.00–380.002,42617
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,48015
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2738323.31/cwt280.00–335.002,38613
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1741325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4088
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2832272.02/cwt240.00–280.002,2635
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1843305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5713
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2885275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4341

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.