Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2019-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Culpeper Eastern Virginia Cattlemen's Association (EVCA) Feeder Cattle Sale.

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 41, Bulls 18)

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 $125.27/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$125.27

49 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$23.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.98

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	416	130.50	543	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	634	128.76	816	14thin
Medium and Large 1	644	123.86	797	14thin
Medium and Large 2	600	118.90	714	10thin
Medium and Large 3	350	107.50	376	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about $167 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 sale49 hd

125.27

—

VA average10 barns · 1,219 hd

127.25

−1.98

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

28 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 2	—	478	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	705	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	541	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	848	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	789	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	395	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	695	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	792	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	592	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	106.62/cwt	105.00–107.00	683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	128.76/cwt	128.00–129.50	816	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	832	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	998	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	416	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	543	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	649	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	998	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,098	2

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

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

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Culpeper Eastern Virginia Cattlemen's Association (EVCA) Feeder Cattle Sale.

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 41, Bulls 18)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	638	110.50	110.50
5	—	426	127.00	127.00
2	—	848	93.00	93.00
1	—	720	91.00	91.00
1	—	545	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	695	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	113.00	113.00
5	—	641	105.00–107.00	106.62
4	—	881	88.00	88.00
1	—	275	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	115.00	115.00
1	—	425	102.00	102.00
1	—	395	117.00	117.00
1	—	325	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	121.00	121.00
4	—	519	125.00	125.00
3	—	440	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	100.00	100.00
2	—	540	124.50	124.50
4	—	450	130.00	130.00
2	—	998	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	634	128.00–129.50	128.76
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	832	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	416	130.50	130.50

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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