Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2023-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 44, 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 $198.56/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$198.56

54 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$634

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$50.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.66

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	652	200.58	1,309	43
Medium and Large 1-2	579	200.00	1,158	7thin
Medium and Large 2	543	182.50	992	3thin
Small 1	450	150.00	675	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.58/cwt here — about $634 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 sale54 hd

198.56

—

VA average7 barns · 635 hd

202.22

−3.66

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

30 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	—	455	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	213.48/cwt	202.50–225.00	1,210	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	495	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	775	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,318	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	687	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	182.85/cwt	165.00–195.00	1,291	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	218.06/cwt	195.00–227.00	1,359	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	528	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	760	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	913	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,324	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	700	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,078	1
Steers	Small 1	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,409	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,158	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	565	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	918	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	149.27/cwt	146.00–151.00	997	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	807	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	831	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	179.30/cwt	170.00–182.50	954	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,010	11

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 1, 2023

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

Receipts 102Last week 333Year ago 157

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 44, Bulls 4)

Value Added 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	—	455	162.50	162.50
1	—	580	160.00	160.00
2	—	438	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	170.00	170.00
1	—	710	143.00	143.00
1	—	815	134.00	134.00
6	—	668	146.00–151.00	149.27
8	—	446	181.00	181.00
4	—	532	170.00–182.50	179.30
11	—	555	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	567	202.50–225.00	213.48
5	—	706	165.00–195.00	182.85
11	—	623	195.00–227.00	218.06
2	—	485	197.50	197.50
4	—	668	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	192.50	192.50
2	—	775	170.00	170.00
6	—	687	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	192.50	192.50
1	—	525	202.50	202.50
1	—	700	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	202.50	202.50
2	—	760	177.50	177.50
2	—	913	145.00	145.00
1	—	700	154.00	154.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	579	200.00	200.00

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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