Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2019-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 217, Heifers 301, Bulls 44)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.01/cwt on 288 head.

Average price

$115.01

288 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$27.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.85

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	506	120.96	612	61
Medium and Large 1	556	115.61	643	159
Medium and Large 2	502	112.00	562	48
Large 1-2	725	110.00	798	1thin
Medium and Large 3	388	103.50	402	10thin
Small 1	466	93.56	436	9thin

One grade step is worth $27.40/cwt here — about $176 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 sale288 hd

115.01

—

VA average8 barns · 1,601 hd

114.16

+0.85

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

74 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 1	—	370	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	890	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	633	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	525	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	394	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	386	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	146.57/cwt	140.00–147.00	679	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	130.51/cwt	123.00–132.50	696	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	808	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	128.70/cwt	123.00–132.50	714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	125.11/cwt	121.00–125.50	801	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	120.59/cwt	120.00–121.00	886	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	831	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	720	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	770	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	675	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	2
Steers	Small 1	—	390	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	371	1
Steers	Small 1	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	1
Steers	Small 1	—	650	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	787	1
Steers	Small 1	—	553	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	625	3
Steers	Small 1	—	344	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	347	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	319	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	654	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,053	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	113.51/cwt	110.00–117.00	804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	130.96/cwt	129.00–133.00	491	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	113.60/cwt	102.00–115.00	482	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	636	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	754	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	586	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	841	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	676	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	831	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	494	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	781	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	481	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	741	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	598	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	542	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	648	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	528	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	636	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	130.13/cwt	121.00–132.00	562	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	101.53/cwt	95.00–108.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	453	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	123.56/cwt	113.00–125.00	541	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	607	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	450	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	416	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	378	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	336	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	410	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	359	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	428	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	378	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	612	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	518	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	508	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	603	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	889	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	113.31/cwt	113.00–116.00	610	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	117.45/cwt	116.00–118.00	773	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	518	18

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 Dec 6, 2019

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

Receipts 562Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 217, Heifers 301, Bulls 44)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	131.00	131.00
1	—	890	74.00	74.00
7	—	523	121.00	121.00
6	—	432	121.00–132.00	130.13
2	—	638	95.00–108.00	101.53
2	—	580	117.00	117.00
2	—	453	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	139.00	139.00
8	—	438	113.00–125.00	123.56
2	—	528	115.00	115.00
2	—	338	138.00	138.00
1	—	565	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	394	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	463	140.00–147.00	146.57
19	—	533	123.00–132.50	130.51
4	—	940	110.00	110.00
5	—	555	123.00–132.50	128.70
11	—	640	121.00–125.50	125.11
12	—	735	120.00–121.00	120.59
2	—	653	125.50	125.50
4	—	375	129.00–133.00	130.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	571	141.50	141.50
15	—	431	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	132.50	132.50
1	—	490	119.00	119.00
2	—	725	120.00	120.00
8	—	644	129.00	129.00
9	—	552	130.50	130.50
5	—	347	92.00	92.00
8	—	448	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	92.50	92.50
1	—	770	107.00	107.00
2	—	630	117.00	117.00
2	—	730	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	95.00	95.00
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
1	—	650	121.00	121.00
3	—	553	113.00	113.00
4	—	344	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	586	143.50	143.50
6	—	676	123.00	123.00
14	—	494	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	481	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,053	105.00	105.00
2	—	708	110.00–117.00	113.51
3	—	372	127.50	127.50
3	—	638	118.00	118.00
11	—	424	102.00–115.00	113.60
5	—	958	105.00	105.00
1	—	760	117.00	117.00
58	—	538	113.00–116.00	113.31
22	—	658	116.00–118.00	117.45
18	—	454	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	636	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	598	120.00	120.00
29	—	528	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	542	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	92.50	92.50
3	—	378	89.00	89.00
2	—	650	105.00	105.00
1	—	410	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	354	121.00	121.00
4	—	575	99.00	99.00
3	—	663	109.00	109.00
1	—	835	105.00	105.00
1	—	720	105.00	105.00
20	—	448	113.50	113.50
14	—	538	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	102.00	102.00
5	—	360	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	506	121.00	121.00
19	—	421	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	110.00	110.00

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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