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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-27

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Apr 27

● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Apr 20Apr 27May 4 →

Receipts

1,145 head

▼ 151 vs last sale 1,296▼ 88 vs year ago 1,233 · −7.1%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 414, Heifers 501, Bulls 230)

Value Added 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 $399.81/cwt on 141 head, up $8.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 32 of 34 comparable sales and sits +30.46 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$399.81

▲ 8.95 vs prior sale

141 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 3

$72.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.58

vs VA average

−24.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	504	445.00	2,243	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	500	438.00	2,190	31
Medium and Large 1	547	394.34	2,157	50
Medium and Large 2	574	383.52	2,200	33
Medium and Large 3	537	372.56	2,001	22

One grade step is worth $72.44/cwt here — about $242 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 sale141 hd

399.81

—

VA average7 barns · 519 hd

392.23

+7.58

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−24.26

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

+30.46

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

99 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	250–300	Medium and Large 2	293	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,846	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	644.32/cwt	510.00–680.00	2,088	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	630.18/cwt	560.00–640.00	2,086	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,278	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	590.44/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,226	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	601.79/cwt	555.00–605.00	2,311	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	549.13/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,345	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	546.92/cwt	545.00–555.00	2,335	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,086	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	472	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,478	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	524.37/cwt	500.00–529.00	2,512	34
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,507	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	483.00/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,574	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,685	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	540	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,646	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,492	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	502.15/cwt	445.00–507.50	2,822	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	619	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,761	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	440.53/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,736	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	423.70/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,703	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,826	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	384.46/cwt	343.00–425.00	2,587	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	382.58/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,575	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	674	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,838	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	717	406.01/cwt	390.00–422.50	2,911	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,898	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,657	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	740	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,960	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	369.33/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,829	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	777	372.99/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,898	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	798	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,554	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	811	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,903	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	351.68/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,873	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	840	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,772	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	858	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,574	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	864	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,955	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,915	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	905	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,941	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,182	42
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,110	279.41/cwt	272.50–293.00	3,101	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,458	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,512	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	507.49/cwt	375.00–523.00	1,659	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	528.38/cwt	450.00–537.50	1,744	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	511.16/cwt	497.50–532.50	1,881	27
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	418.78/cwt	350.00–460.00	1,541	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	521.25/cwt	450.00–530.00	1,944	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	500.67/cwt	405.00–525.00	1,873	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	499.88/cwt	445.00–505.00	2,134	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	477.96/cwt	400.00–500.00	2,065	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,088	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	425.86/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,950	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	458.89/cwt	325.00–477.50	2,143	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	440.22/cwt	280.00–455.00	2,109	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,190	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	504	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,243	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	370.72/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,976	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	537	372.56/cwt	325.00–378.00	2,001	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,210	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	383.01/cwt	370.00–388.00	2,206	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,250	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	345.42/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,187	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	359.98/cwt	335.00–363.00	2,297	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	642	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,363	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,211	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	719	328.82/cwt	300.00–339.00	2,364	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	327.57/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,401	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,378	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	331.34/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,730	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	854	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,455	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,746	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	961	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,883	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	644.82/cwt	635.00–655.00	1,838	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	295	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,180	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,959	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,031	11
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	342	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,915	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,219	15
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	573.35/cwt	480.00–595.00	2,173	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	534.60/cwt	405.00–552.00	2,256	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	534.20/cwt	440.00–547.50	2,308	18
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	438	446.18/cwt	420.00–463.00	1,954	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	471.51/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,221	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,892	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	467.41/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,225	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	527	426.57/cwt	417.50–455.00	2,248	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	440.83/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,398	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,359	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	441.21/cwt	400.00–442.50	2,458	34
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	617	369.07/cwt	357.50–375.00	2,277	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	407.68/cwt	350.00–412.00	2,568	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	384.45/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,445	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	707	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,333	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	723	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,916	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,657	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,253	2
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,028	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,621	2

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 Apr 27, 2026

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

Receipts 1,145Last week 1,296Year ago 1,233

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 414, Heifers 501, Bulls 230)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	635.00–655.00	644.82
4	300–350	311	630.00	630.00
15	350–400	373	595.00	595.00
18	400–450	432	440.00–547.50	534.20
18	450–500	476	450.00–470.00	467.41
34	550–600	557	400.00–442.50	441.21
15	600–650	630	350.00–412.00	407.68
2	700–750	738	360.00	360.00
2	850–900	850	265.00	265.00
2	1000–1050	1,028	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	295	400.00	400.00
5	300–350	342	560.00	560.00
15	400–450	438	420.00–463.00	446.18
2	450–500	473	400.00	400.00
4	500–550	527	417.50–455.00	426.57
1	600–650	635	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	723	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	333	610.00	610.00
10	350–400	379	480.00–595.00	573.35
11	400–450	422	405.00–552.00	534.60
10	450–500	471	470.00–475.00	471.51
17	500–550	544	440.00–455.00	440.83
3	550–600	555	425.00	425.00
9	600–650	636	380.00–385.00	384.45
3	700–750	707	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	617	357.50–375.00	369.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	642	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	368	497.50–532.50	511.16
11	400–450	435	480.00	480.00
31	500–550	500	438.00	438.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	540.00	540.00
9	300–350	330	450.00–537.50	528.38
26	350–400	373	450.00–530.00	521.25
32	400–450	427	445.00–505.00	499.88
45	450–500	467	325.00–477.50	458.89
11	500–550	533	350.00–385.00	370.72
39	550–600	551	401.00	401.00
13	600–650	633	340.00–347.50	345.42
1	650–700	660	335.00	335.00
6	700–750	733	320.00–330.00	327.57
1	750–800	755	315.00	315.00
11	800–850	824	320.00–332.50	331.34
2	950–1000	955	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	540.00	540.00
15	300–350	327	375.00–523.00	507.49
25	350–400	374	405.00–525.00	500.67
28	400–450	432	400.00–500.00	477.96
13	450–500	479	280.00–455.00	440.22
1	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
32	550–600	576	370.00–388.00	383.01
18	600–650	638	335.00–363.00	359.98
28	700–750	719	300.00–339.00	328.82
4	850–900	854	287.50	287.50
8	950–1000	961	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	350.00–460.00	418.78
12	450–500	458	395.00–435.00	425.86
22	500–550	537	325.00–378.00	372.56
2	600–650	625	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	504	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	740	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	510.00–680.00	644.32
16	350–400	384	555.00–605.00	601.79
23	400–450	427	540.00–550.00	549.13
34	450–500	479	500.00–529.00	524.37
24	500–550	533	480.00–495.00	483.00
26	600–650	638	400.00–425.00	423.70
2	650–700	673	380.00–385.00	382.58
2	700–750	728	365.00	365.00
7	750–800	766	355.00–375.00	369.33
3	800–850	817	340.00–357.50	351.68
1	850–900	870	335.00	335.00
42	900–950	936	340.00	340.00
12	1100–1150	1,110	272.50–293.00	279.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	630.00	630.00
8	300–350	331	560.00–640.00	630.18
4	350–400	377	560.00–600.00	590.44
10	400–450	427	545.00–555.00	546.92
6	450–500	494	507.50	507.50
14	500–550	538	499.00	499.00
24	550–600	562	445.00–507.50	502.15
16	600–650	621	430.00–445.00	440.53
2	650–700	673	343.00–425.00	384.46
19	700–750	717	390.00–422.50	406.01
5	750–800	777	365.00–375.00	372.99
1	800–850	840	330.00	330.00
5	850–900	864	342.00	342.00
1	900–950	905	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	472	525.00	525.00
5	500–550	540	490.00	490.00
7	600–650	619	446.00	446.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	350.00	350.00
4	400–450	430	485.00	485.00
2	550–600	560	445.00	445.00
1	650–700	665	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	674	421.00	421.00
2	750–800	798	320.00	320.00
18	800–850	811	358.00	358.00
2	850–900	858	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	719	403.00	403.00

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.