Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2024-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 131, Bulls 18)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.51/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −114.84 against this barn's trailing median of $384.35.

Average price

$269.51

44 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$25.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.64

vs VA average

−3.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	524	279.57	1,466	7thin
Medium and Large 1	523	271.27	1,419	26
Medium and Large 3	584	267.50	1,562	4thin
Medium and Large 2	560	254.07	1,424	7thin

One grade step is worth $25.50/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale44 hd

269.51

—

VA average9 barns · 840 hd

260.87

+8.64

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

−3.52

This barn, trailing median5 sales

384.35

−114.84

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

59 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	400–450	443	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,407	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,641	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	330.90/cwt	329.00–335.00	1,592	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	299.45/cwt	285.00–307.00	1,701	6
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,176	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	523	203.85/cwt	182.50–225.00	1,066	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	405	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,033	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,807	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	802	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,888	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	271.27/cwt	256.00–282.50	1,419	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	502	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,596	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,683	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	239.65/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,645	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,643	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	297.39/cwt	270.00–301.00	1,505	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	334	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,019	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	150–200	160	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	277.51/cwt	220.00–289.00	1,204	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	248	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	584	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,194	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	838	211.28/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,536	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,362	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,026	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	248.70/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,280	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	998	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	480	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,404	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,914	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	223.42/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,412	3

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 Jun 7, 2024

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

Receipts 225Last week 281Year ago 280

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 131, Bulls 18)

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
4	400–450	443	317.50	317.50
4	500–550	549	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	240.00	240.00
2	500–550	523	182.50–225.00	203.85
1	550–600	595	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	520	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	632	220.00–225.00	223.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	617	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	297.50	297.50
26	500–550	523	256.00–282.50	271.27
1	600–650	640	239.00	239.00
2	700–750	748	225.00	225.00
1	800–850	825	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	460	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	533	279.00	279.00
6	600–650	623	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	518	280.00	280.00
7	700–750	702	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	160	100.00	100.00
4	300–350	334	305.00	305.00
13	400–450	434	220.00–289.00	277.51
2	450–500	455	262.50	262.50
4	550–600	584	267.50	267.50
3	600–650	638	248.00	248.00
1	650–700	670	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	248	310.00	310.00
3	300–350	323	317.50	317.50
11	450–500	465	293.00	293.00
3	500–550	517	247.50	247.50
4	550–600	593	259.00	259.00
5	600–650	649	252.00	252.00
1	700–750	735	200.00	200.00
4	800–850	838	200.00–215.00	211.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	383	350.00	350.00
12	450–500	481	329.00–335.00	330.90
3	500–550	513	312.00	312.00
6	550–600	568	285.00–307.00	299.45
2	600–650	613	245.00–252.50	248.70
9	650–700	651	290.00	290.00
3	700–750	703	235.00–245.00	239.65
1	750–800	790	226.00	226.00
1	800–850	800	230.00	230.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	502	318.00	318.00
3	800–850	802	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	568	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	350.00	350.00
9	500–550	506	270.00–301.00	297.39
3	550–600	567	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	625	245.00	245.00
2	800–850	815	224.00	224.00
2	900–950	945	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	570	267.50	267.50

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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