Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 135, Heifers 25, Bulls 5)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $287.50/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −192.26 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$287.50

28 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$25.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.06

vs VA average

−54.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	565	302.50	1,709	10thin
Medium and Large 1	570	290.00	1,653	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	591	277.00	1,638	15thin

One grade step is worth $25.50/cwt here — about $71 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 sale28 hd

287.50

—

VA average9 barns · 524 hd

306.56

−19.06

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−54.88

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−192.26

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

42 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 1-2Natural	550–600	597	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	720	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,894	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	734	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,063	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	686	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,784	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,499	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	650–700	653	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	565	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,709	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	734	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,798	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	762	240.05/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	611	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,730	5
Steers	Small 1Value Added	750–800	750	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	254.24/cwt	237.50–262.50	1,937	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,150	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	207.03/cwt	135.00–280.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	940	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	150–200	195	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,875	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	700–750	710	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	254.76/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,501	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,161	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 Feb 7, 2025

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

Receipts 165Last week 113Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 135, Heifers 25, Bulls 5)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	597	285.00	285.00
5	700–750	720	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	734	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	590	275.00	275.00
26	650–700	686	260.00	260.00
20	700–750	734	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	165.00	165.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	653	150.00	150.00
1	700–750	710	152.50	152.50
1	750–800	750	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	565	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	611	289.00	289.00
3	750–800	762	235.00–250.00	240.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	462	327.50	327.50
2	600–650	633	255.00	255.00
1	950–1000	975	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	336.00	336.00
3	550–600	570	290.00	290.00
3	600–650	635	260.00	260.00
5	650–700	692	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	735	227.50	227.50
6	750–800	762	237.50–262.50	254.24
1	800–850	815	230.00	230.00
2	850–900	890	227.50	227.50
1	1150–1200	1,150	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	778	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	855	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	301.00	301.00
1	550–600	580	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	230.00	230.00
7	550–600	589	235.00–260.00	254.76
2	600–650	635	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	135.00–280.00	207.03
1	400–450	430	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	465	205.00	205.00
1	550–600	570	100.00	100.00
1	650–700	650	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	940	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	195	125.00	125.00
2	400–450	408	150.00	150.00

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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