Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2020-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 76, Bulls 18)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.31/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$137.31

77 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

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

$6.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.33

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	606	141.33	856	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	645	141.06	909	18thin
Medium and Large 1	647	134.85	872	47

One grade step is worth $6.49/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale77 hd

137.31

—

VA average10 barns · 1,716 hd

136.98

+0.33

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	743	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	677	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	838	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	390	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	128.86/cwt	118.00–131.00	803	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	702	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	125.04/cwt	113.00–128.00	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	428	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	845	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	529	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	666	136.93/cwt	129.00–139.00	912	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	989	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	128.50/cwt	127.00–130.00	935	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,031	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	131.37/cwt	125.00–132.00	839	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	884	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	759	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	979	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	597	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	854	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	633	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	855	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	765	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 Aug 7, 2020

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 76, Bulls 18)

Value Added 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
1	—	715	107.00	107.00
14	—	646	115.00	115.00
1	—	665	115.00	115.00
1	—	750	107.00	107.00
13	—	548	123.50	123.50
3	—	485	130.00	130.00
2	—	395	137.00	137.00
1	—	840	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	141.00	141.00
3	—	452	131.00	131.00
1	—	755	111.00	111.00
1	—	260	143.00	143.00
11	—	553	127.00	127.00
3	—	627	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	125.00	125.00
4	—	529	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	623	118.00–131.00	128.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	140.00	140.00
1	—	585	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	113.00–128.00	125.04
3	—	637	123.00	123.00
3	—	480	140.00	140.00
1	—	845	99.00	99.00
1	—	395	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	132.00	132.00
1	—	395	158.00	158.00
14	—	728	127.00–130.00	128.50
11	—	639	125.00–132.00	131.37
5	—	549	149.00	149.00
3	—	485	147.00	147.00
1	—	810	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	666	129.00–139.00	136.93
6	—	633	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	128.00	128.00
1	—	845	122.00	122.00
1	—	345	159.00	159.00
5	—	597	143.00	143.00
3	—	517	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	612	144.50	144.50
4	—	759	129.00	129.00

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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