Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2019-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 38, Bulls 17)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Eastern Virginia Cattlemen's Association.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.41/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$113.41

37 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$77

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.23

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	419	115.00	482	9thin
Medium and Large 1	566	114.14	646	21
Medium and Large 2	526	111.67	587	6thin
Small 1	595	94.00	559	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about −$77 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 sale37 hd

113.41

—

VA average12 barns · 2,635 hd

110.17

+3.23

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

26 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	—	865	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	608	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	495	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	347	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	765	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	978	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	402	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	434	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	557	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	466	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	740	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	595	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	482	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	592	3

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 18, 2019

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

Receipts 81Last week 444Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 38, Bulls 17)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Eastern Virginia Cattlemen's Association.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	79.00	79.00
5	—	553	110.00	110.00
3	—	643	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	87.00	87.00
1	—	765	79.00	79.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	106.00	106.00
1	—	490	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	123.00	123.00
4	—	630	120.50	120.50
3	—	815	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	85.00	85.00
10	—	402	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	114.50	114.50
3	—	575	116.00	116.00
3	—	530	111.00	111.00
1	—	705	113.50	113.50
3	—	763	113.50	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	557	114.00	114.00
5	—	466	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	114.50	114.50
1	—	685	108.00	108.00
3	—	533	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	419	115.00	115.00

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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