Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2024-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 127, Bulls 54)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.60/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −129.75 against this barn's trailing median of $384.35.

Average price

$254.60

25 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,353

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$53.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.76

vs VA average

−13.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	261.08	1,368	22
Medium and Large 3	584	207.09	1,209	3thin

One grade step is worth $53.99/cwt here — about $159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.42, low $334.55, median $384.35 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale25 hd

254.60

—

VA average8 barns · 498 hd

247.84

+6.76

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−13.78

This barn, trailing median5 sales

384.35

−129.75

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

67 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 1Value Added	550–600	584	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,548	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	257.94/cwt	245.00–265.00	939	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	562	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	300.35/cwt	297.50–302.50	1,580	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,636	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	478	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,635	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	619	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	262.67/cwt	254.00–269.00	1,366	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,159	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,231	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	683	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,412	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,212	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,452	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	800–850	830	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	280	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	637	1
Bulls	Small 1	250–300	260	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	559	1
Heifers	Small 1Natural	300–350	313	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	689	3
Steers	Small 1Natural	300–350	328	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	836	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	450	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	878	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	221.96/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	423	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	853	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	629	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,705	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	718	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,418	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,195	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	845	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,026	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,170	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,429	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,408	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	279	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	767	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,423	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	584	207.09/cwt	150.00–235.00	1,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,213	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	918	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,469	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	189.65/cwt	187.00–197.50	1,371	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,349	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	274.69/cwt	260.00–279.00	901	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	525	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,239	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,088	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,142	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	350–400	399	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,137	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	350–400	377	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,259	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,276	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	678	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,661	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	835	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,789	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 3, 2024

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

Receipts 281Last week 213Year ago 124

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 127, Bulls 54)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	584	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	317.50	317.50
2	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	438	281.00	281.00
1	500–550	525	275.00	275.00
2	600–650	628	220.00–224.00	221.96
2	700–750	735	197.50	197.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	215.00	215.00
2	450–500	450	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	250.00	250.00
3	350–400	383	268.00	268.00
4	500–550	521	259.00	259.00
1	650–700	675	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	640	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	275.00	275.00
3	500–550	532	267.50	267.50
1	600–650	645	217.50	217.50
4	700–750	723	187.00–197.50	189.65
4	850–900	850	170.00	170.00
2	900–950	918	160.00	160.00
2	1050–1100	1,088	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	364	245.00–265.00	257.94
5	450–500	451	257.00	257.00
19	500–550	520	254.00–269.00	262.67
5	600–650	628	251.00	251.00
2	700–750	743	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	423	280.00	280.00
3	550–600	550	251.00	251.00
5	600–650	619	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	250.00	250.00
3	550–600	584	150.00–235.00	207.09
4	700–750	718	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	470	249.00	249.00
6	600–650	628	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	279	275.00	275.00
13	300–350	328	260.00–279.00	274.69
6	450–500	470	258.00	258.00
2	600–650	610	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	708	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	466	245.00	245.00
4	650–700	665	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	399	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	678	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	562	311.00	311.00
7	600–650	629	271.00	271.00
4	650–700	683	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	835	222.50	222.50
2	850–900	853	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	329.00	329.00
3	350–400	373	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	400	325.00	325.00
19	500–550	526	297.50–302.50	300.35
4	550–600	564	290.00	290.00
4	600–650	634	265.00	265.00
1	750–800	755	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	377	334.00	334.00
24	450–500	478	342.00	342.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	190.00	190.00
Steers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	255.00	255.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	547	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	315.00	315.00
2	500–550	508	301.00	301.00
1	650–700	665	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	312.50	312.50

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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