Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2023-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 44, Bulls 13)

Value Added cattle and some Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.33/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$139.33

44 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

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	530	149.00	790	2thin
Medium and Large 2	468	147.14	688	11thin
Medium and Large 1	590	141.33	834	21
Medium and Large 3	423	124.86	528	7thin
Small 1	427	124.00	529	3thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $261 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 sale44 hd

139.33

—

VA average7 barns · 528 hd

139.87

−0.55

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

38 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	—	485	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	776	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	493	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	910	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	593	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	575	1
Steers	Small 1Natural	—	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	533	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	906	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,091	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	144.81/cwt	139.50–147.00	1,242	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,344	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	947	2
Steers	Small 1	—	750	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	694	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	491	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	570	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	705	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	927	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	503	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	250	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	735	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	313	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	344	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	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 Jan 6, 2023

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

Receipts 95Last week 157Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 44, Bulls 13)

Value Added cattle and some 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	—	485	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	87.00	87.00
2	—	470	149.00	149.00
3	—	537	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	117.00	117.00
2	—	313	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	186.00	186.00
5	—	924	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	169.00	169.00
2	—	578	152.00	152.00
Steers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	727	150.00	150.00
7	—	858	139.50–147.00	144.81
1	—	755	144.00	144.00
2	—	615	154.00	154.00
1	—	565	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	130.00	130.00
3	—	652	135.00	135.00
5	—	614	139.00	139.00
2	—	393	156.00	156.00
6	—	490	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	142.00	142.00
7	—	464	149.50	149.50
2	—	370	148.00	148.00
1	—	630	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	131.00	131.00
3	—	503	129.00	129.00
2	—	413	123.00	123.00
1	—	250	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	122.00	122.00
2	—	355	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	705	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	149.00	149.00

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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