Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2020-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 59, Bulls 19)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.53/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$142.53

87 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$148

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

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.48

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	507	156.00	791	7thin
Medium and Large 2	527	152.57	804	7thin
Medium and Large 1	704	140.53	990	72
Small 1	770	122.00	939	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about −$148 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 sale87 hd

142.53

—

VA average10 barns · 1,285 hd

148.01

−5.48

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 1	—	630	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	453	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	551	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	771	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	615	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	382	144.98/cwt	140.00–146.00	554	6
Steers	Small 1	—	770	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	939	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	504	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	534	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	511	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	817	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	902	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	776	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	508	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	573	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	507	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	791	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	667	131.21/cwt	130.00–132.50	875	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	769	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	961	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	683	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	984	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	723	139.44/cwt	138.50–140.00	1,008	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	835	126.22/cwt	125.50–126.50	1,054	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	621	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	925	9

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 Feb 7, 2020

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

Receipts 165Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 59, Bulls 19)

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	—	630	128.00	128.00
2	—	453	145.00	145.00
5	—	551	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	126.00	126.00
4	—	430	143.00	143.00
6	—	382	140.00–146.00	144.98
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	165.00	165.00
3	—	450	165.00	165.00
3	—	663	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	507	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	683	144.00	144.00
45	—	723	138.50–140.00	139.44
7	—	835	125.50–126.50	126.22
9	—	621	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
2	—	373	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	376	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	663	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	508	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	667	130.00–132.50	131.21
4	—	769	125.00	125.00

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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