Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2022-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 74, Bulls 34)

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 $128.51/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$128.51

72 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$706

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$363

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$71.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.70

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	487	141.19	688	18thin
Medium and Large 1	584	133.15	778	31
Medium and Large 2	560	127.09	712	16thin
Small 1	613	90.00	552	3thin
Medium and Large 3	464	70.00	324	4thin

One grade step is worth $71.19/cwt here — about $363 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 sale72 hd

128.51

—

VA average8 barns · 1,257 hd

139.21

−10.70

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	875	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,072	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	790	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	809	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	353	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	424	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	522	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	522	3
Steers	Small 1	—	410	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	877	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	618	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	783	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	941	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	131.67/cwt	121.00–137.00	851	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	155.51/cwt	152.00–159.00	1,187	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	997	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	774	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	577	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	891	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,123	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,213	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	638	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	887	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	698	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	907	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	265	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	861	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	503	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	302	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	741	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,023	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	359	154.15/cwt	149.00–156.00	553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	641	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	340	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	628	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	439	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	650	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	738	113.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	834	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	975	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	951	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	525	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	654	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,086	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	112.79/cwt	100.00–125.00	370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,112	4

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 Dec 2, 2022

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

Receipts 157Last week 406Year ago 273

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 74, Bulls 34)

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
1	—	370	142.00	142.00
1	—	875	122.50	122.50
3	—	473	167.00	167.00
3	—	543	149.00	149.00
3	—	570	151.00	151.00
7	—	741	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	353	120.00	120.00
3	—	522	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	150.00	150.00
1	—	445	115.00	115.00
4	—	359	149.00–156.00	154.15
2	—	738	110.00–116.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	50.00	50.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	179.00	179.00
7	—	574	164.00	164.00
2	—	398	184.00	184.00
2	—	673	142.00	142.00
4	—	763	152.00–159.00	155.51
6	—	643	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	65.00	65.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	130.00	130.00
4	—	435	180.00	180.00
2	—	598	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	509	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	654	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	136.00	136.00
6	—	646	121.00–137.00	131.67
2	—	1,123	108.00	108.00
12	—	455	138.00	138.00
2	—	328	100.00–125.00	112.79
4	—	794	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	551	140.50	140.50
7	—	409	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	638	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	698	130.00	130.00
4	—	439	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	503	60.00	60.00
1	—	345	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	112.50	112.50
3	—	513	125.00	125.00
2	—	343	110.00	110.00
1	—	615	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	97.50	97.50
1	—	975	97.50	97.50
1	—	525	75.00	75.00

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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