Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2023-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 105, Bulls 4)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $236.91/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$236.91

157 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,411

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

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

$30.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.96

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	566	240.38	1,361	79
Medium and Large 1-2	625	235.00	1,469	21
Medium and Large 1	628	233.23	1,464	56
Medium and Large 3	475	210.00	998	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.38/cwt here — about $364 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 sale157 hd

236.91

—

VA average10 barns · 1,859 hd

227.95

+8.96

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 1Value Added	—	649	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,564	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,120	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,478	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	237.16/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,210	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,564	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,378	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	945	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,347	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,358	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	238.39/cwt	238.00–239.00	1,230	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	618	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,415	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	456	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,072	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	226.48/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,107	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,147	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	850	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	472	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,081	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	201.15/cwt	192.50–204.00	1,092	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	695	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,477	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,349	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,203	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	538	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,334	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	238.77/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,397	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	530	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,113	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	744	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,592	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	232.50/cwt	166.00–239.00	1,530	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	570	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	685	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,102	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	999	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 Jul 14, 2023

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

Receipts 266Last week 280Year ago 272

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 105, Bulls 4)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	649	241.00	241.00
6	—	530	210.00	210.00
2	—	725	229.00	229.00
1	—	660	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	448	250.00	250.00
1	—	945	177.50	177.50
28	—	543	248.00	248.00
2	—	358	217.00	217.00
2	—	750	213.00	213.00
3	—	468	245.00	245.00
2	—	685	240.00	240.00
8	—	585	237.50–240.00	238.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	616	240.00	240.00
6	—	574	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	510	230.00–239.00	237.16
15	—	641	244.00	244.00
20	—	658	166.00–239.00	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	763	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	538	248.00	248.00
9	—	744	214.00	214.00
1	—	570	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	224.00	224.00
10	—	653	208.00	208.00
25	—	489	220.00–228.00	226.48
1	—	850	168.00	168.00
1	—	525	210.00	210.00
8	—	562	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	516	238.00–239.00	238.39
6	—	695	212.50	212.50
4	—	579	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	456	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	543	192.50–204.00	201.15
2	—	678	188.00	188.00
3	—	732	190.00	190.00
2	—	465	212.00	212.00
1	—	565	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	353	177.50	177.50
1	—	530	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	197.50	197.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	205.00	205.00
1	—	455	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	235.00	235.00

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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