Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2023-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 116, Heifers 88, Bulls 15)

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 $233.15/cwt on 116 head.

Average price

$233.15

116 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,588

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$663

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

$76.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.70

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	648	241.06	1,562	17thin
Medium and Large 1	707	235.97	1,668	69
Medium and Large 2	658	229.59	1,511	26
Small 1	525	182.85	960	2thin
Medium and Large 3	545	165.00	899	2thin

One grade step is worth $76.06/cwt here — about $663 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 sale116 hd

233.15

—

VA average9 barns · 919 hd

223.45

+9.70

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	925	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,026	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	631	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	586	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,371	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	800	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,872	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,125	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,233	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	641	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,538	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	873	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,886	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,685	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	658	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,632	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	736	232.43/cwt	217.00–237.00	1,711	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,508	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	198.80/cwt	187.50–210.00	1,030	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	647	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,262	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	748	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,316	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,182	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	503	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	981	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	211.76/cwt	185.00–235.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	177.00/cwt	160.00–185.00	1,115	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	713	204.23/cwt	203.00–205.50	1,456	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	742	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,521	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	187.32/cwt	100.00–216.00	890	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,366	3
Steers	Small 1	—	525	182.85/cwt	160.00–207.50	960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,062	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	865	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	—	400	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	848	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,726	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,251	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,152	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,261	8

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 Aug 4, 2023

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

Receipts 219Last week 266Year ago 169

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 116, Heifers 88, Bulls 15)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	232.00	232.00
1	—	735	218.00	218.00
9	—	495	249.00	249.00
2	—	645	229.00	229.00
3	—	585	185.00–235.00	211.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	925	219.00	219.00
6	—	873	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	800	234.00	234.00
6	—	641	240.00	240.00
16	—	658	248.00	248.00
30	—	736	217.00–237.00	232.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	226.00	226.00
2	—	733	218.00	218.00
2	—	500	225.00	225.00
1	—	565	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	795	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	603	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	165.00	165.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	160.00–207.50	182.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	225.00	225.00
11	—	586	234.00	234.00
6	—	742	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	209.00	209.00
1	—	775	190.00	190.00
3	—	485	219.00	219.00
1	—	395	219.00	219.00
1	—	445	185.00	185.00
1	—	500	205.00	205.00
1	—	645	180.00	180.00
5	—	662	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	160.00–185.00	177.00
4	—	475	100.00–216.00	187.32
1	—	655	177.50	177.50
5	—	554	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	713	203.00–205.50	204.23
3	—	610	224.00	224.00
18	—	848	203.50	203.50
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	530	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	187.50–210.00	198.80
1	—	400	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	647	195.00	195.00
2	—	748	176.00	176.00
2	—	563	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	503	195.00	195.00
2	—	450	193.00	193.00

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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