Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2020-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 75, Bulls 36)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.05/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$113.05

75 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$26.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.91

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	114.66	649	36
Medium and Large 2	476	114.42	544	34
Medium and Large 3	350	108.00	378	1thin
Small 1	509	88.25	449	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.41/cwt here — about $200 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 sale75 hd

113.05

—

VA average3 barns · 121 hd

112.14

+0.91

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

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	714	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	618	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	508	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,055	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	109.02/cwt	107.00–111.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	113.47/cwt	109.00–114.00	534	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	126.87/cwt	126.00–128.00	788	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	498	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	691	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	111.06/cwt	101.00–115.00	591	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,405	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	927	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	378	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	275	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	640	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	775	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	515	14
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	396	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	545	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	429	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	113.78/cwt	109.00–117.00	723	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	554	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	485	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	495	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	330	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	343	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	376	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	519	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	405	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	423	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	667	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	807	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	687	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	893	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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 75, Bulls 36)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	529	135.00	135.00
1	—	715	120.00	120.00
2	—	560	107.00–111.00	109.02
16	—	621	126.00–128.00	126.87
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
4	—	446	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,055	90.00	90.00
5	—	356	140.00	140.00
7	—	473	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	687	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	94.00	94.00
2	—	363	141.00	141.00
2	—	623	111.00	111.00
4	—	533	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	529	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	117.00	117.00
1	—	600	103.00	103.00
2	—	518	115.00	115.00
8	—	376	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	102.00	102.00
2	—	330	104.00	104.00
1	—	405	61.00	61.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	471	109.00–114.00	113.47
1	—	770	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,405	66.00	66.00
8	—	547	117.00	117.00
3	—	335	128.00	128.00
5	—	635	109.00–117.00	113.78
1	—	370	119.00	119.00
1	—	565	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	532	101.00–115.00	111.06
14	—	452	114.00	114.00
1	—	435	110.00	110.00
5	—	344	124.00	124.00
1	—	775	94.00	94.00
3	—	642	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	82.00	82.00
1	—	775	83.00	83.00
1	—	440	90.00	90.00
1	—	545	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	667	121.00	121.00

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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