Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-07-20

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jul 20
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
418 head
▼ 238 vs last sale 656▼ 30 vs year ago 448 · −6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 178, Heifers 150, Bulls 90)

Value Added 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 $440.45/cwt on 62 head, up $7.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −22.98 against this barn's trailing median of $463.42.
Average price
$440.45
▲ 7.08 vs prior sale
62 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,396
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.72
vs VA average
+21.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545451.242,4588thin
Medium and Large 2544440.262,39449
Medium and Large 3547425.002,3255thin
One grade step is worth $26.24/cwt here — about $133 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 sale62 hd
440.45
—
VA average9 barns · 315 hd
431.72
+8.72
National average142 barns · 5,313 hd
419.04
+21.40
This barn, trailing median34 sales
463.42
−22.98
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

82 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2272540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,4693
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,6774
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4491
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8561
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3405440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7821
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2416449.54/cwt445.00–451.001,8704
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435455.63/cwt450.00–457.501,9824
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3464492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,2857
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471456.04/cwt390.00–472.502,1485
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,1522
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added528443.60/cwt415.00–450.002,34218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,4785
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536409.01/cwt365.00–465.002,1927
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3547425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,3255
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added556456.93/cwt448.00–465.002,54121
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564428.30/cwt425.00–430.002,4163
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570376.43/cwt350.00–390.002,1463
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3600350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3Value Added603392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,3677
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural608440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,6759
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3Value Added624380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3715
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2632425.80/cwt425.00–430.002,6916
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added634410.00/cwt375.00–431.002,59919
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,6451
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657378.20/cwt365.00–385.002,4853
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3673390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,6253
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4009
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4291
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2743382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,8386
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,8342
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added777389.00/cwt389.00–389.003,0238
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2827369.00/cwt369.00–369.003,0523
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860362.50/cwt362.50–362.503,1181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283414.38/cwt370.00–455.001,1732
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2682
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2337391.78/cwt375.00–405.001,3203
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2952
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5799
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376394.90/cwt350.00–417.501,4856
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,7749
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5732
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8386
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9748
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477417.70/cwt360.00–426.001,9928
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523336.72/cwt332.50–345.001,7613
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8291
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,05318
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2552359.36/cwt335.00–365.001,98416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3567342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9423
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572336.97/cwt327.50–340.001,9274
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural593372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,2069
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3630305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1339
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,2425
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2432
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3653352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,3022
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3725310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2481
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2721
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2751340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5537
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5681
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1858312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,6813
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open908315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,8603
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1276560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,5464
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,2252
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,5911
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2316497.99/cwt495.00–500.001,5745
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,8515
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376472.33/cwt370.00–497.501,7767
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9142
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,9869
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0815
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474428.35/cwt375.00–447.502,0305
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484424.81/cwt335.00–447.502,0568
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532387.33/cwt350.00–420.002,0614
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3541350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8946
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1543405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1992
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556442.53/cwt360.00–452.502,46016
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3442
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625366.72/cwt360.00–370.002,2923
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3685305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0891
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1751
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1920175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6101

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.