Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2021-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 225, Heifers 151, Bulls 20)

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 $154.02/cwt on 225 head.

Average price

$154.02

225 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$330

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$22.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.76

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	292	161.00	470	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	524	159.87	837	86
Medium and Large 1	652	151.68	988	115
Medium and Large 2	577	138.66	800	18thin

One grade step is worth $22.34/cwt here — about −$330 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 sale225 hd

154.02

—

VA average9 barns · 1,477 hd

146.25

+7.76

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

55 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	—	625	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	730	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	430	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	718	22
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	525	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	730	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	601	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	769	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	699	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,094	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,095	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	831	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	630	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	597	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	752	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	940	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,293	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,260	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	477	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	663	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	864	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	690	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	637	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	902	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	598	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	927	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	790	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	803	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	417	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	692	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	137.98/cwt	130.00–140.00	675	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	348	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	529	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	277	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	402	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	507	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	690	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	608	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3Natural	—	292	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	470	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	499	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	753	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,019	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	572	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	744	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	518	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	855	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	592	154.73/cwt	153.00–156.75	916	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,181	2

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 Jun 4, 2021

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

Receipts 396Last week 380Year ago 394

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 225, Heifers 151, Bulls 20)

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
2	—	625	123.00	123.00
1	—	475	143.00	143.00
2	—	743	110.00	110.00
4	—	569	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	92.50	92.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	115.00	115.00
4	—	479	128.00	128.00
3	—	650	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	110.00	110.00
8	—	651	118.00	118.00
12	—	552	125.00	125.00
2	—	730	115.00	115.00
10	—	479	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	525	139.00	139.00
22	—	601	128.00	128.00
10	—	597	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	113.00	113.00
9	—	650	121.50	121.50
5	—	558	124.00	124.00
2	—	348	139.00	139.00
5	—	468	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	477	139.00	139.00
7	—	417	141.00	141.00
3	—	277	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	85.00	85.00
3	—	515	117.00	117.00
1	—	440	100.00	100.00
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	348	152.00	152.00
12	—	572	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	507	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	156.00	156.00
2	—	400	158.00	158.00
1	—	890	123.00	123.00
15	—	644	146.00	146.00
1	—	1,105	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,260	130.00	130.00
2	—	813	117.00	117.00
20	—	561	154.00	154.00
4	—	744	137.00	137.00
2	—	960	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	430	167.00	167.00
9	—	499	151.00	151.00
20	—	518	165.00	165.00
35	—	592	153.00–156.75	154.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	699	156.50	156.50
15	—	598	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	683	132.00	132.00
2	—	803	129.00	129.00
2	—	358	155.00	155.00
5	—	489	130.00–140.00	137.98
5	—	578	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	292	161.00	161.00

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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