Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2019-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 209, Heifers 181, Bulls 54)

Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $125.31/cwt on 202 head.

Average price

$125.31

202 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$508

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$44.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.08

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	132.98	905	137
Medium and Large 2	572	117.83	674	36
Medium and Large 1-2	481	115.00	553	4thin
Medium and Large 3	636	103.50	659	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	491	94.87	466	19thin
Small 1	450	88.25	397	2thin

One grade step is worth $44.73/cwt here — about $508 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 sale202 hd

125.31

—

VA average9 barns · 1,515 hd

127.40

−2.08

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

59 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 1	—	361	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	466	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	600	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,058	20
Steers	Small 1	—	535	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	695	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	841	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,225	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	140.01/cwt	126.00–140.50	1,001	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	447	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	324	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	460	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	596	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	715	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	948	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	350	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	102.09/cwt	87.50–114.50	530	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	444	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	389	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	773	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	448	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	412	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	328	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	115.60/cwt	110.00–116.00	532	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	103.73/cwt	102.00–104.00	658	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	113.12/cwt	107.00–114.00	615	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	333	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	349	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	428	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	114.35/cwt	112.00–115.00	728	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	610	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	553	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	702	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	121.27/cwt	114.00–123.00	643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	338	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	345	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	118.19/cwt	111.00–119.00	521	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	628	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	725	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	676	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	738	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	768	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	349	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	490	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	300	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	361	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	487	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	566	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	755	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	615	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	460	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	128.79/cwt	128.50–129.50	809	17
Steers	Small 1	—	365	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	118.44/cwt	105.00–121.00	876	6

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 Oct 4, 2019

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

Receipts 444Last week 110Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 209, Heifers 181, Bulls 54)

Natural 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
5	—	361	129.00	129.00
13	—	736	105.00	105.00
16	—	460	110.00–116.00	115.60
23	—	544	107.00–114.00	113.12
45	—	637	112.00–115.00	114.35
1	—	445	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	91.00	91.00
1	—	350	87.50	87.50
2	—	448	92.00	92.00
1	—	345	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	519	87.50–114.50	102.09
3	—	770	89.00	89.00
4	—	713	82.00	82.00
5	—	386	85.00	85.00
7	—	634	102.00–104.00	103.73
8	—	349	122.50	122.50
10	—	441	111.00–119.00	118.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	87.00	87.00
2	—	558	106.00	106.00
3	—	380	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	628	115.50	115.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	87.00	87.00
1	—	1,225	61.00	61.00
5	—	368	125.00	125.00
5	—	459	130.00	130.00
5	—	530	114.00–123.00	121.27
1	—	260	130.00	130.00
6	—	418	110.00	110.00
1	—	880	107.00	107.00
6	—	740	105.00–121.00	118.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	811	130.50	130.50
61	—	715	126.00–140.50	140.01
4	—	569	130.00	130.00
5	—	929	102.00	102.00
9	—	538	130.50	130.50
11	—	459	134.00	134.00
17	—	628	128.50–129.50	128.79
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	89.00	89.00
1	—	365	87.50	87.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	695	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	447	72.50	72.50
10	—	530	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	596	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	90.00	90.00
3	—	700	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	109.00	109.00
3	—	650	104.00	104.00
8	—	349	140.50	140.50
2	—	473	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	130.00	130.00
3	—	738	104.00	104.00
4	—	568	120.00	120.00
5	—	361	135.00	135.00
19	—	472	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	90.00	90.00
1	—	500	80.00	80.00
1	—	755	77.50	77.50

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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