Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2023-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.20/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$203.20

63 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$25.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.92

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	451	209.14	942	22
Medium and Large 2	379	208.59	789	14thin
Medium and Large 1	477	199.63	953	20
Medium and Large 2-3	647	184.00	1,190	5thin
Medium and Large 3	420	183.75	772	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.39/cwt here — about $170 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 sale63 hd

203.20

—

VA average10 barns · 1,219 hd

195.28

+7.92

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

39 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	647	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,190	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	211.70/cwt	210.00–215.00	984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	214.78/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,319	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	431	213.28/cwt	210.00–215.00	919	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	470	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	964	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	211.67/cwt	205.00–215.00	773	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	222.12/cwt	207.50–225.00	966	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	171.21/cwt	167.50–175.00	916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	186.18/cwt	175.00–190.00	1,050	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	968	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	353	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	214.03/cwt	175.00–227.50	715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	574	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	475	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	220.31/cwt	205.00–225.50	1,262	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	543	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,005	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,274	4
Steers	Small 1Natural	—	268	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	454	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	999	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	209.12/cwt	181.00–215.00	991	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,059	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,190	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,080	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	206.76/cwt	206.00–207.50	889	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	825	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,114	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 May 5, 2023

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

Receipts 124Last week 381Year ago 495

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	647	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	431	210.00–215.00	213.28
11	—	470	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	216.00	216.00
7	—	334	175.00–227.50	214.03
2	—	543	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	185.00	185.00
1	—	365	205.00	205.00
14	—	474	181.00–215.00	209.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	353	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
2	—	543	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	162.50	162.50
1	—	280	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	210.00–215.00	211.70
6	—	435	207.50–225.00	222.12
2	—	328	215.00	215.00
4	—	614	207.50	207.50
1	—	1,130	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	200.00–230.00	214.78
1	—	500	207.50	207.50
1	—	660	155.00	155.00
3	—	365	205.00–215.00	211.67
4	—	573	205.00–225.50	220.31
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	185.00	185.00
1	—	465	170.00	170.00
Steers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	454	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	167.50–175.00	171.21
4	—	564	175.00–190.00	186.18
1	—	365	230.00	230.00
1	—	445	190.00	190.00
1	—	635	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	200.00	200.00
3	—	680	175.00	175.00
5	—	554	195.00	195.00
2	—	430	206.00–207.50	206.76
1	—	825	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	142.50	142.50

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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