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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-28

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Sep 28

● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5 →

Receipts

1,104 head

▲ 327 vs last sale 777▼ 173 vs year ago 1,277 · −13.5%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 348, Heifers 464, Bulls 292)

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 $317.73/cwt on 128 head, down $26.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −51.62 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$317.73

▼ 26.03 vs prior sale

128 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$25.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.77

vs VA average

−34.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	323.06	1,774	70
Medium and Large 2	564	315.93	1,783	42
Medium and Large 2-3	531	300.00	1,593	10thin
Medium and Large 3	543	297.72	1,615	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.33/cwt here — about $159 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 sale128 hd

317.73

—

VA average8 barns · 391 hd

320.50

−2.77

National average184 barns · 12,638 hd

352.66

−34.93

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

−51.62

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

112 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,210	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,607	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	346	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,799	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	440.69/cwt	415.00–485.00	1,648	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	428.24/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,640	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,541	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	419	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,529	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	392.02/cwt	305.00–425.00	1,654	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,840	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,883	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	412.22/cwt	360.00–421.00	1,983	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	523	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,079	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	536	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,010	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	542	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,883	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	400.50/cwt	350.00–403.00	2,183	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,100	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	310.00/cwt	280.00–340.00	1,752	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	361.55/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,086	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	621	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,236	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	365.61/cwt	335.00–375.00	2,311	70
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	633	378.20/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,394	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	341.09/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,180	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,373	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,210	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	652	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,891	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,160	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	316.63/cwt	310.00–318.00	2,296	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	736	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,436	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	757	309.89/cwt	290.00–312.50	2,346	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,159	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	813	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,520	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,516	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,617	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	910	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,798	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,716	2
Steers	1350–1400	Medium and Large 1	1,393	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,786	2
Steers	1700–1750	Medium and Large 1	1,720	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	3,139	1
Steers	1750–1800	Medium and Large 1	1,770	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	3,230	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,013	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	279	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,144	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,415	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,428	19
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	344	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	946	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	318.57/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,172	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	385.79/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,439	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	388.41/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,468	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	365.29/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,549	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,624	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	466	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,666	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	344.46/cwt	300.00–360.00	1,612	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	473	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,722	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	358.96/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,701	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	479	261.00/cwt	225.00–335.00	1,250	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	531	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,593	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	537	296.27/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,591	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	271.59/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,458	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	331.77/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,818	62
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	255.53/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,428	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	323.11/cwt	315.00–331.00	1,832	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,739	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	584	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,898	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	603	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,658	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	608	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,012	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,042	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	320.59/cwt	317.50–321.00	2,061	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	308.79/cwt	305.00–312.50	2,032	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,025	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	676	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,170	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,345	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,338	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	307.99/cwt	297.50–310.00	2,202	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	715	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,966	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,368	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	344.88/cwt	285.00–402.50	2,690	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,489	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,078	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	848	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,396	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	858	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,467	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,715	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	928	276.57/cwt	250.00–290.00	2,567	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,772	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,040	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,161	10
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	418.27/cwt	300.00–445.00	1,368	18
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	370.96/cwt	305.00–435.00	1,261	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,799	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	443.73/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,660	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	481.03/cwt	445.00–485.00	1,842	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	418	342.25/cwt	305.00–360.00	1,431	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	417.88/cwt	375.00–422.00	1,780	23
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	414.71/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,787	27
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	375.30/cwt	320.00–390.00	1,771	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,900	24
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	341.96/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,765	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	324.53/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,736	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	387.05/cwt	330.00–400.00	2,082	44
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	325.62/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,843	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	321.29/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,828	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	323.80/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,066	29
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	638	304.74/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,944	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	300.80/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,928	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	312.52/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,063	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	270.39/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,833	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,202	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	755	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,548	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,783	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,896	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,944	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,295	3
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,080	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,430	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 Sep 28, 2026

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

Receipts 1,104Last week 777Year ago 1,277

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 348, Heifers 464, Bulls 292)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	375.00	375.00
10	300–350	335	422.50	422.50
15	350–400	373	355.00–395.00	385.79
31	400–450	433	375.00	375.00
42	450–500	474	330.00–360.00	358.96
62	500–550	548	325.00–332.50	331.77
8	550–600	559	250.00–280.00	255.53
23	600–650	638	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	675	300.00	300.00
3	700–750	747	317.00	317.00
2	750–800	780	285.00–402.50	344.88
1	800–850	815	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	890	305.00	305.00
3	950–1000	990	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	473	364.00	364.00
8	600–650	608	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	714	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	279	410.00	410.00
19	300–350	336	425.00	425.00
15	350–400	378	365.00–390.00	388.41
16	400–450	424	365.00–370.00	365.29
18	450–500	468	300.00–360.00	344.46
6	500–550	537	250.00–280.00	271.59
32	550–600	567	315.00–331.00	323.11
8	600–650	643	317.50–321.00	320.59
2	650–700	658	305.00–312.50	308.79
13	700–750	715	297.50–310.00	307.99
1	750–800	790	315.00	315.00
4	800–850	848	282.50	282.50
2	850–900	858	287.50	287.50
3	900–950	928	250.00–290.00	276.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	700	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	275.00	275.00
3	350–400	368	315.00–325.00	318.57
11	400–450	445	325.00	325.00
3	450–500	479	225.00–335.00	261.00
5	500–550	537	280.00–300.00	296.27
1	550–600	570	305.00	305.00
2	600–650	603	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	715	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	531	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	466	357.50	357.50
4	550–600	584	325.00	325.00
6	650–700	676	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	490.00	490.00
2	350–400	383	405.00–450.00	428.24
10	400–450	438	420.00	420.00
30	450–500	481	360.00–421.00	412.22
36	500–550	545	350.00–403.00	400.50
3	550–600	577	345.00–370.00	361.55
70	600–650	632	335.00–375.00	365.61
6	700–750	725	310.00–318.00	316.63
1	750–800	785	275.00	275.00
1	800–850	825	305.00	305.00
2	850–900	865	302.50	302.50
2	900–950	913	297.50	297.50
2	1350–1400	1,393	200.00	200.00
1	1700–1750	1,720	182.50	182.50
1	1750–1800	1,770	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	650	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	536	375.00	375.00
14	600–650	633	375.00–380.00	378.20
8	700–750	736	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	419	365.00	365.00
3	500–550	542	347.50	347.50
3	650–700	652	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	720	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	410.00	410.00
8	300–350	346	520.00	520.00
14	350–400	374	415.00–485.00	440.69
15	400–450	422	305.00–425.00	392.02
14	450–500	465	405.00	405.00
26	500–550	549	382.50	382.50
2	550–600	565	280.00–340.00	310.00
15	600–650	639	320.00–342.50	341.09
2	650–700	650	340.00	340.00
9	750–800	757	290.00–312.50	309.89
6	800–850	813	310.00	310.00
3	900–950	910	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	523	397.50	397.50
7	600–650	621	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	270	430.00	430.00
18	300–350	327	300.00–445.00	418.27
8	350–400	374	440.00–445.00	443.73
27	400–450	431	380.00–420.00	414.71
9	450–500	472	320.00–390.00	375.30
8	500–550	516	340.00–347.50	341.96
20	550–600	566	300.00–330.00	325.62
6	600–650	641	300.00–305.00	300.80
2	650–700	678	255.00–285.00	270.39
1	750–800	775	230.00	230.00
2	800–850	845	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	400.00	400.00
10	300–350	346	520.00	520.00
10	350–400	383	445.00–485.00	481.03
23	400–450	426	375.00–422.00	417.88
24	450–500	475	400.00	400.00
44	500–550	538	330.00–400.00	387.05
4	550–600	569	320.00–325.00	321.29
29	600–650	638	310.00–325.00	323.80
2	650–700	660	310.00–315.00	312.52
6	700–750	734	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	790	240.00	240.00
3	850–900	850	270.00	270.00
1	1050–1100	1,080	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	305.00–435.00	370.96
3	400–450	418	305.00–360.00	342.25
3	450–500	460	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	535	315.00–345.00	324.53
6	600–650	638	290.00–307.50	304.74
1	750–800	755	205.00	205.00

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.