Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2024-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 198, Heifers 108, Bulls 56)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $256.15/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −223.60 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$256.15

47 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,420

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$16.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.40

vs VA average

−30.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	265.73	1,472	20
Medium and Large 2	529	249.59	1,320	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	558	249.00	1,389	24

One grade step is worth $16.73/cwt here — about $82 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale47 hd

256.15

—

VA average7 barns · 256 hd

260.56

−4.40

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−30.67

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−223.60

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

61 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,486	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	235.06/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,819	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,328	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	266.50/cwt	257.50–267.00	1,474	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,109	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,124	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,742	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	286.08/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,342	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,125	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	2,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	249.59/cwt	247.50–254.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	634	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,452	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	211.94/cwt	206.00–230.00	1,746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	608	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,465	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	570	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,389	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	234.90/cwt	234.00–237.50	1,682	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	482	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,121	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	492	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,141	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	696	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,670	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	196.26/cwt	187.50–197.50	1,468	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	200–250	213	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	598	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,082	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,546	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,241	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,292	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,347	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,476	9
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	282.29/cwt	250.00–304.00	1,005	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	800–850	825	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	212.29/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,452	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	582	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,362	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	929	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	227.67/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,282	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	907	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	897	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,238	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	237.87/cwt	236.00–239.00	1,237	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,074	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,263	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,572	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,065	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	687	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,601	6

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 Oct 4, 2024

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

Receipts 362Last week 376Year ago 442

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 198, Heifers 108, Bulls 56)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	558	249.00	249.00
8	600–650	619	240.00	240.00
6	650–700	687	233.00	233.00
24	700–750	723	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	288.00	288.00
1	400–450	445	277.50	277.50
19	450–500	469	272.50–290.00	286.08
19	550–600	553	257.50–267.00	266.50
1	600–650	630	241.00	241.00
7	650–700	669	235.00	235.00
25	750–800	774	230.00–238.00	235.06
4	800–850	824	206.00–230.00	211.94
1	950–1000	985	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	286.00	286.00
3	500–550	529	247.50–254.00	249.59
4	700–750	716	234.00–237.50	234.90
1	850–900	855	230.00	230.00
1	1100–1150	1,125	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	482	232.50	232.50
5	600–650	634	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	251.00	251.00
5	600–650	608	241.00	241.00
8	650–700	696	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	492	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	520	236.00–239.00	237.87
8	550–600	558	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	257.50	257.50
5	350–400	363	256.00	256.00
3	450–500	457	235.00	235.00
3	500–550	548	226.00	226.00
1	600–650	630	195.00	195.00
4	650–700	656	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	257.00	257.00
12	400–450	442	241.00	241.00
5	500–550	542	233.00	233.00
6	550–600	563	226.00–228.00	227.67
16	650–700	684	210.00–213.00	212.29
6	750–800	762	205.00	205.00
2	800–850	830	195.00	195.00
1	950–1000	965	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	582	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	440	235.00	235.00
7	450–500	464	267.50	267.50
3	550–600	592	227.50	227.50
1	600–650	615	210.00	210.00
9	650–700	656	225.00	225.00
8	700–750	748	187.50–197.50	196.26
4	750–800	789	196.00	196.00
1	850–900	860	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	598	181.00	181.00
1	600–650	630	100.00	100.00
1	800–850	825	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	250.00–304.00	282.29
1	500–550	540	180.00	180.00
2	600–650	615	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	110.00	110.00
3	650–700	685	115.00	115.00

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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