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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, May 4

● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Apr 27May 4May 11 →

Receipts

876 head

▼ 269 vs last sale 1,145▲ 98 vs year ago 778 · +12.6%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 257, Heifers 352, Bulls 267)

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 $371.69/cwt on 96 head, down $28.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 34 comparable sales and sits +2.34 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$371.69

▼ 28.12 vs prior sale

96 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,033

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$289

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

$54.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.45

vs VA average

−56.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	390.32	2,093	36
Medium and Large 2	555	362.74	2,013	55
Medium and Large 3	537	336.00	1,804	5thin

One grade step is worth $54.32/cwt here — about $289 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 sale96 hd

371.69

—

VA average8 barns · 528 hd

387.14

−15.45

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

−56.21

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

+2.34

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

96 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,885	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	598.12/cwt	590.00–600.00	2,010	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,829	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,116	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,238	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	528.22/cwt	515.00–530.00	2,261	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	456.52/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,954	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	536.78/cwt	475.00–555.00	2,314	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3Value Added	439	547.48/cwt	545.00–549.00	2,403	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	521.42/cwt	510.00–522.50	2,461	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	489.11/cwt	350.00–519.00	2,338	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	528	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,323	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	473.78/cwt	380.00–485.00	2,544	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	490.21/cwt	477.50–491.00	2,686	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	425.09/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,381	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	574	497.03/cwt	495.00–499.00	2,853	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,288	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	426.32/cwt	370.00–450.00	2,699	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	440.87/cwt	436.00–452.00	2,804	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,817	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	731	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,822	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	382.80/cwt	345.00–390.00	2,829	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	790	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,686	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	818	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,888	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,933	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	343.11/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,872	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,911	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,069	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	935	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,618	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	998	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,169	6
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,195	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	3,346	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	524.91/cwt	440.00–565.00	1,391	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	292	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,606	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,220	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	563.96/cwt	530.00–568.00	1,839	19
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	534.32/cwt	415.00–560.00	1,753	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,770	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	534.95/cwt	515.00–540.00	2,006	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	539.33/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,049	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	506.75/cwt	490.00–509.00	2,123	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	485.12/cwt	435.00–498.00	2,062	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	451	431.43/cwt	375.00–452.50	1,946	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	451.22/cwt	405.00–455.00	2,152	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	445.60/cwt	375.00–458.00	2,126	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	531	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,832	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	395.05/cwt	355.00–402.50	2,106	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,736	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	366.51/cwt	342.50–370.00	2,041	50
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	338.32/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,935	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,997	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	346.00/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,197	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	345.00/cwt	325.00–348.00	2,194	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,194	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,345	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,342	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	743	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,378	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,325	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,422	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,659	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	854	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,669	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,826	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,444	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,066	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,358	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,696	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	287	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,779	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,159	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,152	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	595.20/cwt	450.00–620.00	1,988	11
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	351	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,808	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,236	14
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	589.13/cwt	530.00–595.00	2,233	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,079	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	510.00/cwt	390.00–530.00	2,203	29
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	533.27/cwt	500.00–536.00	2,309	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	450	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,138	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	457.12/cwt	400.00–465.00	2,180	26
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,165	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	446.79/cwt	395.00–452.00	2,386	33
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	406.52/cwt	360.00–430.00	2,183	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	544	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,230	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	551	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,424	26
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	386.11/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,216	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,214	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	401.07/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,511	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,405	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,706	15
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	731	353.01/cwt	325.00–360.00	2,581	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,382	7
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	309.91/cwt	305.00–330.00	2,572	5
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	860	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,752	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	992	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,778	3
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,070	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,568	1

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 May 4, 2026

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

Receipts 876Last week 1,145Year ago 778

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 257, Heifers 352, Bulls 267)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	287	620.00	620.00
11	300–350	334	450.00–620.00	595.20
13	350–400	379	530.00–595.00	589.13
29	400–450	432	390.00–530.00	510.00
14	450–500	478	453.00	453.00
3	500–550	537	360.00–430.00	406.52
26	550–600	551	440.00	440.00
1	600–650	615	360.00	360.00
15	650–700	652	415.00	415.00
5	700–750	731	325.00–360.00	353.01
1	850–900	860	320.00	320.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	450	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	380.00	380.00
4	350–400	351	515.00	515.00
1	400–450	420	495.00	495.00
5	500–550	544	410.00	410.00
1	650–700	650	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	640.00	640.00
4	300–350	326	660.00	660.00
14	350–400	379	590.00	590.00
17	400–450	433	500.00–536.00	533.27
26	450–500	477	400.00–465.00	457.12
33	500–550	534	395.00–452.00	446.79
4	550–600	574	375.00–390.00	386.11
9	600–650	626	400.00–410.00	401.07
7	700–750	733	325.00	325.00
5	800–850	830	305.00–330.00	309.91
3	950–1000	992	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	439	545.00–549.00	547.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	580.00	580.00
4	350–400	368	575.00	575.00
8	400–450	428	515.00–530.00	528.22
12	450–500	478	350.00–519.00	489.11
19	500–550	537	380.00–485.00	473.78
13	600–650	633	370.00–450.00	426.32
12	700–750	731	386.00	386.00
3	800–850	818	353.00	353.00
1	900–950	935	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	530.00	530.00
1	350–400	370	500.00	500.00
6	400–450	428	430.00–470.00	456.52
2	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	528	440.00	440.00
1	600–650	610	375.00	375.00
1	750–800	790	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	590.00–600.00	598.12
6	350–400	373	600.00	600.00
11	400–450	431	475.00–555.00	536.78
18	450–500	472	510.00–522.50	521.42
34	500–550	548	477.50–491.00	490.21
2	550–600	560	415.00–435.00	425.09
30	600–650	636	436.00–452.00	440.87
1	650–700	655	430.00	430.00
11	700–750	739	345.00–390.00	382.80
4	800–850	837	342.50–345.00	343.11
1	850–900	850	342.50	342.50
1	900–950	930	330.00	330.00
6	950–1000	998	317.50	317.50
1	1150–1200	1,195	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	831	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	574	495.00–499.00	497.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	292	550.00	550.00
17	300–350	328	415.00–560.00	534.32
11	350–400	375	515.00–540.00	534.95
26	400–450	425	435.00–498.00	485.12
16	450–500	477	375.00–458.00	445.60
5	500–550	534	325.00	325.00
50	550–600	557	342.50–370.00	366.51
11	600–650	635	325.00–350.00	346.00
9	700–750	732	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	750	310.00	310.00
4	850–900	854	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	365	485.00	485.00
11	450–500	451	375.00–452.50	431.43
4	500–550	531	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	560	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	605	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
2	700–750	743	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	440.00–565.00	524.91
19	300–350	326	530.00–568.00	563.96
14	350–400	380	530.00–540.00	539.33
25	400–450	419	490.00–509.00	506.75
33	450–500	477	405.00–455.00	451.22
33	500–550	533	355.00–402.50	395.05
3	550–600	572	335.00–340.00	338.32
18	600–650	636	325.00–348.00	345.00
1	650–700	675	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	700	335.00	335.00
9	750–800	757	320.00	320.00
4	800–850	844	315.00	315.00
1	850–900	890	317.50	317.50
1	900–950	905	270.00	270.00
4	1050–1100	1,066	315.00	315.00

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.