Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2022-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 169, Heifers 157, Bulls 31)

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 $159.62/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$159.62

169 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$419

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

$34.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.74

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	640	166.71	1,067	70
Medium and Large 1	640	158.75	1,017	69
Medium and Large 2	524	152.37	798	15thin
Medium and Large 3	503	141.83	714	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	448	139.00	623	8thin
Small 1	490	132.25	648	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.46/cwt here — about $419 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 sale169 hd

159.62

—

VA average9 barns · 1,231 hd

165.35

−5.74

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

71 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	Medium and Large 3	—	325	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	998	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,098	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	743	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,115	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	555	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	691	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,123	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	640	137.99/cwt	132.00–140.00	883	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	877	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	851	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	1
Steers	Small 1	—	330	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	935	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	907	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	146.60/cwt	132.50–156.00	689	5
Steers	Small 1	—	585	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	784	1
Steers	Small 1	—	400	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	154.36/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,017	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	664	162.24/cwt	157.00–164.00	1,077	8
Steers	Small 1	—	645	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,037	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	899	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	795	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,185	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	169.43/cwt	169.00–169.75	1,076	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	661	162.93/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,077	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	468	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	651	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	130.95/cwt	127.00–135.00	744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	682	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	960	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	893	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	240	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	402	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	628	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	851	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	787	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	984	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	111.75/cwt	90.00–133.00	707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	761	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	678	102.53/cwt	100.00–105.00	695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	578	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	861	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	729	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	875	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	698	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	900	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	813	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	421	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	627	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	686	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	783	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	692	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	380	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,090	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,188	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	410	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	680	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,180	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	124.44/cwt	121.00–125.00	773	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,014	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	772	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	888	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	954	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	682	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	580	141.02/cwt	139.00–143.00	818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	958	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,092	5

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 Mar 4, 2022

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

Receipts 357Last week 171Year ago 354

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 169, Heifers 157, Bulls 31)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	157.50	157.50
1	—	445	135.00	135.00
1	—	740	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	743	150.00	150.00
44	—	635	169.00–169.75	169.43
20	—	661	158.00–168.00	162.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	125.00	125.00
15	—	691	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	150.00	150.00
3	—	648	140.00	140.00
5	—	470	132.50–156.00	146.60
1	—	390	162.50	162.50
5	—	548	164.00	164.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	157.50	157.50
1	—	585	134.00	134.00
1	—	400	152.50	152.50
1	—	645	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	560	167.00	167.00
17	—	659	154.00–155.00	154.36
4	—	741	140.00	140.00
6	—	461	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	664	157.00–164.00	162.24
4	—	795	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	110.00	110.00
3	—	1,090	109.00	109.00
2	—	680	133.00	133.00
1	—	1,180	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	640	132.00–140.00	137.99
10	—	575	148.00	148.00
7	—	772	115.00	115.00
5	—	958	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	100.00–105.00	102.53
9	—	421	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	578	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	729	120.00	120.00
5	—	698	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	557	146.00	146.00
2	—	715	110.00	110.00
2	—	383	148.00	148.00
7	—	621	121.00–125.00	124.44
2	—	930	109.00	109.00
1	—	795	120.00	120.00
6	—	461	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	152.00	152.00
13	—	467	147.00	147.00
14	—	555	141.00	141.00
1	—	545	127.00	127.00
2	—	448	138.00	138.00
3	—	650	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	112.50	112.50
1	—	410	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	139.00–143.00	141.02
1	—	655	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	127.00–135.00	130.95
2	—	505	135.00	135.00
1	—	960	93.00	93.00
1	—	700	128.00	128.00
1	—	460	150.00	150.00
1	—	330	162.50	162.50
5	—	645	132.00	132.00
3	—	787	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	167.50	167.50
2	—	633	90.00–133.00	111.75
5	—	564	135.00	135.00
2	—	478	135.00	135.00
2	—	323	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	124.00	124.00

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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