Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 49, Bulls 13)

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 $323.84/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −155.92 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$323.84

14 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.85

vs VA average

−25.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	323.84	1,849	14thin

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 sale14 hd

323.84

—

VA average9 barns · 497 hd

312.98

+10.85

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−25.44

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−155.92

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

38 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	500–550	515	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,583	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	775	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	620	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,978	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,165	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,185	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	749	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,419	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	519	304.91/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	269.19/cwt	262.50–285.00	1,507	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	753	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,965	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,990	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,925	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	991	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,220	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	636	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	253.77/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,746	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	581	294.63/cwt	289.00–300.00	1,712	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	272.50/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,230	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	2
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	330	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,073	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 Mar 7, 2025

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

Receipts 126Last week 165Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 49, Bulls 13)

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
3	450–500	487	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	515	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	610	255.00	255.00
1	950–1000	990	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	570	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	620	319.00	319.00
3	750–800	775	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	519	302.50–310.00	304.91
11	550–600	585	329.00	329.00
3	600–650	640	311.00	311.00
4	700–750	749	323.00	323.00
2	750–800	753	261.00	261.00
12	950–1000	991	224.00	224.00
1	1150–1200	1,165	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	688	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	880	210.00	210.00
4	950–1000	980	223.00	223.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	665	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	312.50	312.50
3	500–550	548	275.00	275.00
2	650–700	663	255.00	255.00
1	800–850	800	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	500	290.00	290.00
7	550–600	560	262.50–285.00	269.19
12	650–700	688	245.00–256.00	253.77
1	800–850	815	212.50	212.50
1	950–1000	960	185.00	185.00
1	1200–1250	1,230	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	636	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	275.00	275.00
2	450–500	475	265.00–280.00	272.50
1	550–600	565	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	581	289.00–300.00	294.63

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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