Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2019-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 148, Heifers 117, Bulls 29)

Value added cattle are weaned and vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.68/cwt on 147 head.

Average price

$134.68

147 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$22.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.80

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	514	143.27	736	28
Medium and Large 1	573	133.96	768	69
Medium and Large 2	481	133.28	640	40
Small 1	338	123.33	417	3thin
Medium and Large 3	364	120.29	438	7thin

One grade step is worth $22.98/cwt here — about $298 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 sale147 hd

134.68

—

VA average7 barns · 1,124 hd

131.88

+2.80

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

47 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	547	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	695	3
Steers	Small 1	—	290	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	357	2
Steers	Small 1	—	435	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	511	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	741	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	417	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	538	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	478	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	766	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	639	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	384	120.26/cwt	110.00–137.00	462	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	732	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	688	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	744	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	474	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	667	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	753	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	364	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	122.82/cwt	122.50–123.00	694	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	344	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	343	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	455	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	121.46/cwt	118.00–122.00	556	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	562	22
Heifers	Small 1	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	614	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	275	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	308	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	506	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	525	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	127.46/cwt	122.00–130.00	806	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	632	16

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 28, 2019

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

Receipts 294Last week 396Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 148, Heifers 117, Bulls 29)

Value added cattle are weaned and vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	127.00	127.00
5	—	384	110.00–137.00	120.26
7	—	649	116.00	116.00
2	—	490	130.00	130.00
1	—	650	115.00	115.00
1	—	585	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	364	139.00	139.00
2	—	640	111.00	111.00
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	123.00	123.00
1	—	435	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	122.00	122.00
8	—	368	130.00	130.00
9	—	534	137.00	137.00
2	—	713	113.00	113.00
1	—	565	125.00	125.00
1	—	255	125.00	125.00
16	—	456	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	511	145.00	145.00
4	—	685	125.00	125.00
4	—	614	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	132.00	132.00
10	—	447	143.00	143.00
12	—	539	138.00	138.00
29	—	632	122.00–130.00	127.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	541	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	471	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	379	120.00	120.00
1	—	275	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	112.50	112.50
5	—	505	108.00	108.00
10	—	373	127.00	127.00
1	—	280	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	417	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	114.00	114.00
9	—	538	124.00	124.00
22	—	452	124.25	124.25
10	—	359	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	119.00	119.00
4	—	651	114.00	114.00
17	—	565	122.50–123.00	122.82
15	—	458	118.00–122.00	121.46
6	—	342	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	127.00	127.00
2	—	485	115.00	115.00
1	—	525	75.00	75.00

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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