Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2024-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 221, Heifers 103, Bulls 25)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $284.13/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −195.62 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$284.13

48 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$551

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

$91.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.91

vs VA average

−6.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	290.50	1,564	34
Medium and Large 1	572	280.33	1,603	12thin
Medium and Large 3	510	198.73	1,014	2thin

One grade step is worth $91.77/cwt here — about $551 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.98, low $397.85, median $479.76 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 sale48 hd

284.13

—

VA average10 barns · 525 hd

279.22

+4.91

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−6.96

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−195.62

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

51 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	265.33/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,311	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,722	24
Steers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	476	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	881	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	350–400	370	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	671	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,812	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	748	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,481	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,060	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	499	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,337	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	255.00/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,448	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	573	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,404	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	611	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,723	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	283.42/cwt	267.50–287.50	1,292	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	593	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,542	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,553	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,075	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,304	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,291	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	578	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,665	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,325	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,126	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	752	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,895	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,088	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,630	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	944	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	198.73/cwt	197.50–200.00	1,014	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,163	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	401	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	603	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,312	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	447	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,234	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	256.56/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,827	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,838	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,307	4

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 349Last week 225Year ago 266

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 221, Heifers 103, Bulls 25)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	440	230.00	230.00
9	450–500	494	265.00–266.00	265.33
12	550–600	568	250.00–256.00	255.00
2	600–650	640	242.50	242.50
1	650–700	685	240.00	240.00
5	850–900	859	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	499	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	616	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	593	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	242.50	242.50
4	350–400	385	282.50	282.50
1	450–500	460	247.50	247.50
1	550–600	570	245.00	245.00
3	600–650	607	247.00	247.00
1	800–850	820	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	447	276.00	276.00
13	650–700	660	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	242.50	242.50
1	300–350	320	185.00	185.00
2	600–650	603	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	302.50	302.50
1	400–450	430	267.50	267.50
5	450–500	456	267.50–287.50	283.42
4	550–600	559	265.00	265.00
24	600–650	633	272.00	272.00
14	700–750	712	255.00–257.00	256.56
10	750–800	769	239.00	239.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	245.00	245.00
2	450–500	476	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
35	650–700	671	270.00	270.00
12	750–800	752	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	578	288.00	288.00
44	600–650	611	282.00	282.00
2	700–750	748	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	530	293.00	293.00
9	800–850	847	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	373	302.00	302.00
4	450–500	453	285.00	285.00
2	700–750	733	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	588	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	200.00	200.00
2	500–550	510	197.50–200.00	198.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	285.00	285.00
2	450–500	483	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	558	237.50	237.50
2	700–750	748	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	401	185.00	185.00
4	500–550	510	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	471	277.50	277.50

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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