Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2019-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 162, Heifers 156, Bulls 78)

Value added cattle are Virginia Quality Assured (VQA) and weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.32/cwt on 160 head.

Average price

$143.32

160 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$16.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.49

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	460	143.91	662	77
Medium and Large 1	519	143.13	743	81
Medium and Large 3	405	129.00	522	1thin
Small 1	410	127.00	521	1thin

One grade step is worth $16.91/cwt here — about $141 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale160 hd

143.32

—

VA average2 barns · 1,042 hd

146.81

−3.49

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

50 lots · USDA AMS · Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Culpeper, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	669	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	552	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	497	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	683	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	323	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	329	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	413	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	450	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	538	111.21/cwt	108.00–112.50	598	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	806	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	621	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	650	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	395	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	347	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	453	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	609	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	133.66/cwt	131.00–134.00	497	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	441	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	587	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	357	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	525	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	549	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	708	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	659	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	475	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	519	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	544	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	379	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	533	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	548	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	515	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	344	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	413	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	448	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	520	5
Heifers	Small 1Natural	—	525	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	526	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	141.72/cwt	136.00–142.00	659	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	143.02/cwt	137.00–143.25	778	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	557	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	836	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	341	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	464	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	133.66/cwt	130.00–134.00	595	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	713	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	394	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	563	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	782	26
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	522	1
Steers	Small 1	—	410	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	521	1

How this sale compares

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 →

Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Culpeper, VA

Fri Jun 7, 2019

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

Receipts 396Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 162, Heifers 156, Bulls 78)

Value added cattle are Virginia Quality Assured (VQA) and weaned

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	90.00	90.00
9	—	554	119.00	119.00
12	—	352	135.00	135.00
16	—	348	149.00	149.00
19	—	442	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	544	123.00	123.00
24	—	456	121.00	121.00
14	—	404	123.00	123.00
4	—	618	95.00	95.00
4	—	344	135.00	135.00
1	—	675	95.00	95.00
1	—	555	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	102.50	102.50
10	—	476	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	94.00	94.00
4	—	344	120.00	120.00
5	—	448	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	323	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	413	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	538	108.00–112.50	111.21
4	—	806	77.00	77.00
1	—	650	104.00	104.00
1	—	395	102.00	102.00
1	—	330	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	453	134.50	134.50
9	—	372	131.00–134.00	133.66
3	—	632	120.00	120.00
3	—	520	133.00	133.00
1	—	330	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	441	133.00	133.00
6	—	357	147.00	147.00
5	—	549	129.00	129.00
1	—	555	126.00	126.00
1	—	485	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	112.00	112.00
3	—	557	143.25	143.25
3	—	607	127.00	127.00
5	—	376	140.00	140.00
23	—	465	136.00–142.00	141.72
27	—	544	137.00–143.25	143.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	557	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	115.50	115.50
6	—	341	136.00	136.00
11	—	445	130.00–134.00	133.66
12	—	536	133.00	133.00
20	—	394	143.00	143.00
26	—	495	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	129.00	129.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	127.00	127.00

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.

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