Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2024-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 149, Heifers 58, Bulls 10)

Value Added and Most Natural are Weaned and Vaccinated

Some Lots Virginia Quality Assured (VQA)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $256.45/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −223.31 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$256.45

28 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$420

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

$46.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.55

vs VA average

−31.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	590	261.95	1,546	22
Medium and Large 1	527	256.67	1,352	3thin
Medium and Large 2	522	215.83	1,127	3thin

One grade step is worth $46.12/cwt here — about $420 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale28 hd

256.45

—

VA average7 barns · 241 hd

277.00

−20.55

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

−31.34

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−223.31

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

49 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 1Natural	650–700	670	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	637	243.13/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,549	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	241.08/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,868	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,573	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	634	244.77/cwt	165.00–256.00	1,552	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	543	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,347	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	703	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,010	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	245.16/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,412	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,364	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	267.22/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,269	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	825	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	237.40/cwt	237.00–237.50	1,109	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,267	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	813	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	269	282.58/cwt	245.00–300.00	760	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,150	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	246.87/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,025	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,555	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	528	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	618	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,632	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,846	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,456	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	708	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,777	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	596	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,573	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	260.20/cwt	237.50–267.50	976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	930	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,068	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	590	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,269	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 Aug 2, 2024

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

Receipts 217Last week 349Year ago 219

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 149, Heifers 58, Bulls 10)

Value Added and Most Natural are Weaned and Vaccinated

Some Lots Virginia Quality Assured (VQA)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	543	248.00	248.00
1	550–600	590	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	670	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	637	220.00–245.00	243.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	265.00	265.00
9	550–600	576	243.00–247.00	245.16
3	600–650	628	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	670	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	730	222.00	222.00
1	950–1000	970	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	293	277.50	277.50
4	350–400	375	237.50–267.50	260.20
4	400–450	415	245.00–247.50	246.87
1	500–550	525	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	570	246.00	246.00
1	750–800	750	216.00	216.00
2	850–900	875	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	715	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	185.00	185.00
1	450–500	495	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	467	237.00–237.50	237.40
3	550–600	563	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
10	600–650	634	165.00–256.00	244.77
19	750–800	775	230.00–247.50	241.08
2	900–950	930	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	617	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	260.00	260.00
3	700–750	703	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	825	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	306.00	306.00
4	450–500	475	265.00–268.00	267.22
2	500–550	535	255.00	255.00
6	700–750	731	245.00	245.00
1	900–950	915	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	125.00	125.00
10	250–300	269	245.00–300.00	282.58
2	300–350	338	316.00	316.00
2	400–450	418	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	510	257.50	257.50
1	650–700	675	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	465	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	528	195.00	195.00
3	600–650	618	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	571	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	596	264.00	264.00
44	700–750	708	251.00	251.00

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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