Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-07-27

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jul 27
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
503 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 418▲ 173 vs year ago 330 · +52.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 112, Heifers 210, Bulls 181)

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 $368.51/cwt on 43 head, up $5.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 35 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $368.51.
Average price
$368.51
▲ 5.62 vs prior sale
43 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,994
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.84
vs VA average
+7.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546374.802,04520
Medium and Large 2534367.891,96619thin
Medium and Large 3552340.001,8754thin
One grade step is worth $34.80/cwt here — about $170 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 sale43 hd
368.51
—
VA average5 barns · 229 hd
353.67
+14.84
National average152 barns · 4,754 hd
360.52
+7.99
This barn, trailing median35 sales
368.51
+0.00
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

80 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2276515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,4219
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3310300.00/cwt300.00–300.009301
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5531
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378439.68/cwt400.00–450.001,6625
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426419.05/cwt410.00–425.001,7855
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430397.71/cwt385.00–425.001,7103
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,1434
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472457.83/cwt455.00–465.002,1617
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6341
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9831
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2546445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,43011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565449.30/cwt445.00–450.002,5397
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3580340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9721
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added629390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,45311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,3841
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4689
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added683370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5276
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4501
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added731362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,64615
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5082
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5411
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added825322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,6614
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2835317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,6511
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4711
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,060251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,6611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275455.35/cwt425.00–465.001,2524
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2335
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1682
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325439.69/cwt435.00–445.001,4292
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327410.58/cwt405.00–440.001,34312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2824
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379388.34/cwt345.00–402.501,47216
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380402.26/cwt400.00–402.501,52910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422389.55/cwt337.50–395.001,64415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7009
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3441353.36/cwt325.00–362.501,5584
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,84512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,90812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3505340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7171
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,96517
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1543379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,05819
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added563350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3567340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9283
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1595295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added614339.24/cwt334.00–345.002,08317
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0304
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628318.78/cwt315.00–327.502,0029
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9879
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0582
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added673335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2552
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2912
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,1934
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added755330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4925
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0131
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1995245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,4384
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330477.50/cwt410.00–485.001,57610
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4842
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2371470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,74411
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4061
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1384443.70/cwt385.00–465.001,7045
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3426395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6835
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429437.12/cwt385.00–442.001,87523
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,80611
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,13012
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0579
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3512352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,8055
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1546399.81/cwt395.00–400.002,18324
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2554390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,16110
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3632317.81/cwt280.00–327.502,0095
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2633341.27/cwt332.50–342.002,16013
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633327.09/cwt315.00–350.002,07014
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,2951
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1743320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3782
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2768300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3044
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4072
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2885195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7261
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,030192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,9832
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 21,073202.50/cwt202.50–202.502,1732

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.