Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-06-15

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jun 15
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
559 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 572▲ 221 vs year ago 338 · +65.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 174, Heifers 247, Bulls 138)

Value Added 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 $367.88/cwt on 58 head, down $3.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 35 comparable sales and sits −0.63 against this barn's trailing median of $368.51.
Average price
$367.88
▼ 3.71 vs prior sale
58 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,007
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.25
vs VA average
−43.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547381.302,08629
Medium and Large 2545356.651,94324
Medium and Large 3540344.001,8585thin
One grade step is worth $37.30/cwt here — about $228 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 sale58 hd
367.88
—
VA average8 barns · 361 hd
375.13
−7.25
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−43.62
This barn, trailing median35 sales
368.51
−0.63
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

35 sales
420380341302median 368.5103/0204/2706/2909/0711/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $405.91, low $315.56, median $368.51 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

79 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2308492.56/cwt485.00–500.001,5172
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,6281
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,9261
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,9872
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3429475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,0389
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1608
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added448515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,3077
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469504.67/cwt470.00–507.502,36713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,2854
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3533445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,70013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1543485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,63412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560407.50/cwt360.00–455.002,2822
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,72125
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621435.09/cwt405.00–437.502,70213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630428.95/cwt375.00–435.002,70210
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5052
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added684455.00/cwt455.00–455.003,11212
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2734370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,7167
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7684
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2836346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,8939
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869326.75/cwt310.00–335.002,8393
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,035297.50/cwt297.50–297.503,0793
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,110270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,9978
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,3002
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2283514.00/cwt514.00–514.001,4559
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329490.81/cwt435.00–500.001,6157
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2334481.08/cwt460.00–490.001,6077
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373339.26/cwt250.00–440.001,2652
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375481.64/cwt450.00–485.001,80610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377486.26/cwt475.00–487.501,83310
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429451.00/cwt350.00–462.001,93521
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1443447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,98214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,94014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478426.45/cwt400.00–428.002,03818
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478416.92/cwt380.00–426.001,99319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8994
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538357.74/cwt327.50–365.001,92519
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547381.30/cwt360.00–382.002,08629
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6801
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0095
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631354.71/cwt280.00–360.002,23815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639347.12/cwt345.00–350.002,21810
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0101
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3672302.99/cwt300.00–315.002,0365
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1501
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added752331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,48910
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3942
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2783312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,4474
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3602
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2908305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,7692
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,6014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,4501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2278530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,4732
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2322497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,60211
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1337485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6343
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371502.17/cwt410.00–535.001,8634
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8811
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7102
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417479.37/cwt475.00–480.001,99916
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424475.68/cwt425.00–490.002,0175
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1869
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468442.85/cwt430.00–445.002,0737
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8621
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1536460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,46620
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2557426.94/cwt375.00–430.002,37821
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3560377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1144
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1595360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1421
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1638385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4568
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2641360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,30812
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1781
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2951
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9851
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2753289.98/cwt285.00–295.002,1842
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3851
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2961
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905232.18/cwt175.00–290.002,1012
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2940225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1151

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.