Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 165, Heifers 76, Bulls 30)

Value Added and most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $368.23/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −111.52 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$368.23

69 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$0.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.28

vs VA average

−6.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	368.24	2,064	67
Medium and Large 2	510	368.00	1,877	2thin

One grade step is worth $0.24/cwt here — about $188 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 sale69 hd

368.23

—

VA average8 barns · 457 hd

362.95

+5.28

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−6.20

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−111.52

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

46 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	700–750	708	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,839	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	372.49/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,617	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	301.80/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,684	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	318.68/cwt	294.00–342.50	1,708	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	531	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,965	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	324.15/cwt	313.00–330.00	1,699	17
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	380	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,121	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	683	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	447	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	261.67/cwt	255.00–265.00	2,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	407	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,689	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	350–400	370	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,526	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	664	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,946	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	551	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,813	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	385	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	580	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,129	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,720	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,103	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	345.58/cwt	315.00–357.50	2,136	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,354	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	464	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,777	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	371.13/cwt	335.00–380.00	2,078	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	438	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	470	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,824	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	721	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,181	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	873	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,266	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,811	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 May 2, 2025

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

Receipts 271Last week 236Year ago 281

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 165, Heifers 76, Bulls 30)

Value Added and most Natural 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
4	400–450	434	365.00–375.00	372.49
3	450–500	497	370.00	370.00
10	500–550	536	294.00–342.50	318.68
5	550–600	558	301.00–305.00	301.80
2	700–750	708	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	683	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	464	383.00	383.00
16	500–550	531	370.00	370.00
29	550–600	580	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	367.50	367.50
5	500–550	545	360.00	360.00
17	550–600	560	335.00–380.00	371.13
11	600–650	618	315.00–357.50	345.58
3	700–750	738	285.00	285.00
3	900–950	910	255.00–265.00	261.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	412.50	412.50
33	450–500	470	388.00	388.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	427.50	427.50
1	400–450	435	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	603	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	365.00	365.00
2	500–550	510	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	721	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	395	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	480	345.00	345.00
17	500–550	524	313.00–330.00	324.15
1	550–600	555	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	715	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	800	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	860	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	447	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	407	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	551	329.00	329.00
10	650–700	664	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	548	314.00	314.00
1	600–650	630	287.50	287.50
1	700–750	705	260.00	260.00
2	850–900	873	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	380.00	380.00

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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