Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2022-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 88, Bulls 31)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.55/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$140.55

87 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$46.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.48

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	471	149.88	706	16thin
Medium and Large 1	729	140.43	1,024	67
Small 1	870	111.00	966	1thin
Medium and Large 3	499	103.33	515	3thin

One grade step is worth $46.54/cwt here — about $191 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

140.55

—

VA average8 barns · 1,053 hd

143.03

−2.48

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

42 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 1Fancy	—	635	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	889	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	443	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	771	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,001	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,237	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	696	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,125	1
Steers	Small 1	—	465	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	822	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,270	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	928	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	827	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	922	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	872	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	933	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,222	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	642	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,027	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	757	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	677	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	866	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	857	138.48/cwt	132.50–139.00	1,187	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	728	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	961	6
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	—	870	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	576	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	893	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	861	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	366	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	757	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

Fri Feb 4, 2022

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 88, Bulls 31)

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 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	101.00	101.00
3	—	338	182.00	182.00
3	—	443	174.00	174.00
3	—	690	145.00	145.00
5	—	575	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	184.00	184.00
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
3	—	535	135.00	135.00
3	—	678	127.00	127.00
6	—	445	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	130.00	130.00
1	—	890	139.00	139.00
4	—	389	179.00	179.00
1	—	745	151.00	151.00
1	—	305	180.00	180.00
5	—	546	170.00	170.00
6	—	658	163.00	163.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	822	154.50	154.50
12	—	642	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	176.00	176.00
1	—	345	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	732	126.00	126.00
1	—	295	162.00	162.00
1	—	990	110.00	110.00
5	—	656	133.00	133.00
9	—	579	149.50	149.50
3	—	460	149.50	149.50
2	—	335	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	933	131.00	131.00
25	—	857	132.50–139.00	138.48
6	—	728	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	100.00	100.00
2	—	548	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	120.00	120.00
6	—	453	149.50	149.50
7	—	364	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	576	155.00	155.00

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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