Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2022-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 95, Bulls 10)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated and Unweaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.48/cwt on 142 head.

Average price

$172.48

142 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,074

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

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

$54.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.09

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	601	181.45	1,090	66
Medium and Large 1	602	174.54	1,050	50
Medium and Large 2-3	439	160.00	702	7thin
Medium and Large 2	851	142.09	1,210	17thin
Small 1	570	127.00	724	2thin

One grade step is worth $54.45/cwt here — about $366 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 sale142 hd

172.48

—

VA average7 barns · 542 hd

164.39

+8.09

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

46 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 2	—	445	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	183.12/cwt	181.50–185.00	1,155	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	171.83/cwt	171.00–174.00	754	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	661	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,190	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,109	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,386	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,036	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,399	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	974	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	1,175	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	180.97/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,003	17
Steers	Small 1	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	1
Steers	Small 1	—	480	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	728	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,070	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	605	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	361	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	617	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	295	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	151.50/cwt	151.00–152.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	378	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	603	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	151.38/cwt	145.00–153.00	551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	461	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	701	4
Heifers	Small 1Natural	—	530	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	553	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	807	21
Heifers	Small 1	—	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	143.67/cwt	138.00–144.00	772	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	832	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	439	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	148.93/cwt	135.00–153.00	691	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	553	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	995	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,175	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,195	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	410	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	460	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	772	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 Jun 3, 2022

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

Receipts 247Last week 495Year ago 396

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 95, Bulls 10)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated and Unweaned

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	174.00	174.00
1	—	645	165.00	165.00
4	—	1,109	125.00	125.00
5	—	1,036	135.00	135.00
1	—	770	139.00	139.00
2	—	353	161.00	161.00
1	—	1,195	128.00	128.00
1	—	490	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	631	181.50–185.00	183.12
7	—	439	171.00–174.00	171.83
1	—	470	160.00	160.00
1	—	1,085	131.00	131.00
1	—	525	155.00	155.00
17	—	554	175.00–182.00	180.97
3	—	653	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	661	180.00	180.00
21	—	553	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	518	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	127.00	127.00
4	—	728	147.00	147.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	100.00	100.00
1	—	480	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	439	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	136.00	136.00
4	—	656	124.00	124.00
17	—	537	138.00–144.00	143.67
10	—	574	145.00	145.00
3	—	423	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	155.00	155.00
1	—	410	151.00	151.00
5	—	460	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	112.50	112.50
1	—	310	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	364	145.00–153.00	151.38
2	—	540	140.00	140.00
12	—	464	135.00–153.00	148.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	553	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	361	171.00	171.00
1	—	295	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	151.00–152.00	151.50
2	—	325	160.00	160.00
1	—	435	170.00	170.00

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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