Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2021-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 44, Bulls 20)

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 $127.57/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$127.57

77 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$47.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.52

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	539	139.00	749	22
Medium and Large 1	636	125.06	795	34
Medium and Large 2	495	122.56	606	19thin
Small 1	695	92.00	639	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.00/cwt here — about $110 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

127.57

—

VA average9 barns · 2,087 hd

134.09

−6.52

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

51 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	Small 1	—	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	361	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	298	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	328	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	522	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	685	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	411	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	615	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	369	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	530	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	565	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1Value Added	—	785	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	557	2
Steers	Small 1	—	740	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	145.38/cwt	135.00–151.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	604	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	105.50/cwt	102.00–109.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	114.07/cwt	110.00–118.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	860	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	249	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	592	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	88.90/cwt	82.00–96.00	951	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	640	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	760	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	361	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	767	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	80.41/cwt	50.00–110.00	293	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	117.59/cwt	113.00–120.00	621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	791	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	675	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	297	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	114.12/cwt	97.50–122.00	650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	126.57/cwt	102.50–137.00	582	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	617	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	1

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 Jan 15, 2021

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

Receipts 142Last week 316Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 44, Bulls 20)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	90.00	90.00
1	—	740	94.00	94.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	298	110.00	110.00
6	—	373	140.00	140.00
4	—	753	105.00	105.00
3	—	570	97.50–122.00	114.12
4	—	460	102.50–137.00	126.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	639	124.00	124.00
4	—	523	147.00	147.00
7	—	577	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	112.00	112.00
5	—	732	116.00	116.00
3	—	465	135.00–151.00	145.38
3	—	362	150.00	150.00
4	—	699	123.00	123.00
6	—	648	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,070	82.00–96.00	88.90
8	—	551	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	453	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	70.00	70.00
2	—	743	75.00	75.00
1	—	565	109.00	109.00
3	—	453	119.00	119.00
6	—	543	109.00	109.00
1	—	695	102.00	102.00
4	—	643	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	85.00	85.00
5	—	454	119.00	119.00
3	—	368	112.50	112.50
2	—	538	105.00	105.00
1	—	630	92.00	92.00
1	—	920	83.00	83.00
1	—	290	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	71.00	71.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	81.00	81.00
2	—	390	92.50	92.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	551	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	60.00	60.00
2	—	530	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	129.00	129.00
2	—	665	102.00–109.00	105.50
2	—	570	110.00–118.00	114.07
1	—	375	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	60.00	60.00
1	—	640	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	50.00–110.00	80.41
3	—	528	113.00–120.00	117.59
1	—	475	96.00	96.00
1	—	755	100.00	100.00

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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