Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-09-14

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Sep 14
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
652 head
▲ 130 vs last sale 522▼ 579 vs year ago 1,231 · −47.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 210, Heifers 248, Bulls 194)

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 $344.74/cwt on 56 head, up $23.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 34 comparable sales and sits −24.61 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$344.74
▲ 23.74 vs prior sale
56 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,887
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.44
vs VA average
−9.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543351.141,90631
Medium and Large 2556336.971,87323
Medium and Large 3520335.001,7422thin
One grade step is worth $16.14/cwt here — about $164 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 sale56 hd
344.74
—
VA average7 barns · 440 hd
336.30
+8.44
National average171 barns · 9,246 hd
354.31
−9.57
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−24.61
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
420380341302median 369.3503/0204/2706/2908/3110/26
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

78 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 2280480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3441
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3335425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4243
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2388440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7074
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8999
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,9787
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445372.50/cwt365.00–380.001,6582
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472391.53/cwt350.00–400.001,8486
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477434.48/cwt400.00–440.002,07215
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added498395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9673
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1544363.33/cwt360.00–365.001,9773
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2558387.76/cwt355.00–395.002,16417
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561396.06/cwt360.00–404.002,22242
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added581375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1794
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1082
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2634345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,18710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6831
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669367.77/cwt355.00–375.002,46041
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added671365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4498
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720312.88/cwt312.50–313.002,2534
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724336.54/cwt315.00–355.002,43712
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added733327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,4016
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1821320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6274
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2868320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,7783
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2940302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,8441
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,8441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260365.00/cwt365.00–365.009491
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0782
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2385
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2332354.46/cwt250.00–375.001,1778
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345280.00/cwt280.00–280.009662
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376377.03/cwt360.00–380.001,41813
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380352.43/cwt290.00–375.001,3399
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,48812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427361.25/cwt335.00–365.001,54319
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4572
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3453325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468338.24/cwt305.00–345.001,5836
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475347.71/cwt335.00–349.001,65222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added481345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,65910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7422
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542352.18/cwt337.50–355.001,90930
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544338.90/cwt335.00–340.001,84418
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8241
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added598330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9735
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2622318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,9789
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641328.07/cwt307.50–330.002,10319
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3670290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9431
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added676348.32/cwt307.50–383.002,35513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685294.93/cwt285.00–305.002,0202
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added717326.50/cwt326.50–326.502,34110
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723287.68/cwt280.00–295.002,0802
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1754290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,18710
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1043
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,3312
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added898296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,6587
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1287500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4353
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2329455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4976
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1334500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6708
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373452.91/cwt435.00–457.001,6897
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2386442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,7084
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420418.96/cwt400.00–425.001,76014
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431420.93/cwt360.00–430.001,81412
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474396.67/cwt390.00–397.501,8809
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477396.81/cwt365.00–405.001,89315
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5081
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1529354.44/cwt330.00–380.001,87513
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8551
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2551340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,87319
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553352.79/cwt335.00–355.001,95137
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625326.53/cwt307.50–330.002,04124
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2641312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,00310
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7891
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,7431
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1753265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9953
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8621
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2860185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5911
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1985190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8722

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.