Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 42, Bulls 22)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $276.20/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −203.56 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$276.20

10 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.48

vs VA average

−49.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	276.20	1,525	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale10 hd

276.20

—

VA average7 barns · 442 hd

282.68

−6.48

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−49.17

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−203.56

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

32 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	550–600	555	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,401	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,199	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,141	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,295	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	800	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,216	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,675	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,106	4
Steers	Small 1	450–500	495	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	244.55/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,795	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	247.77/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,323	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,019	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	219.33/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,375	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	348	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,003	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,063	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,202	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

Thu Dec 5, 2024

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

Receipts 113Last week 349Year ago 102

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 42, Bulls 22)

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
5	400–450	449	267.00	267.00
2	500–550	543	262.00	262.00
1	550–600	555	252.50	252.50
2	650–700	675	241.00	241.00
3	750–800	750	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	280.00	280.00
2	350–400	373	285.00	285.00
3	400–450	447	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	536	282.50	282.50
6	550–600	563	272.00	272.00
7	600–650	632	265.00	265.00
9	700–750	734	244.00–245.00	244.55
4	900–950	940	224.00	224.00
13	1000–1050	1,010	212.00	212.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	800	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	287.50	287.50
1	600–650	610	253.00	253.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	522	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	212.50	212.50
4	400–450	436	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	560	160.00	160.00
1	650–700	670	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	498	249.00	249.00
10	500–550	534	247.00–249.00	247.77
10	600–650	627	212.00–224.00	219.33
1	800–850	830	190.00	190.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	210.00	210.00

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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