Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 189, Heifers 78, Bulls 16)

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 $360.59/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −119.17 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$360.59

38 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$107

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

$4.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.97

vs VA average

−17.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	520	365.00	1,898	1thin
Medium and Large 1	556	360.47	2,005	37

One grade step is worth $4.53/cwt here — about −$107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale38 hd

360.59

—

VA average7 barns · 746 hd

365.56

−4.97

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−17.99

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−119.17

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

53 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	650–700	680	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	662	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,251	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	715	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,181	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	532	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	343.79/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	311.90/cwt	255.00–320.00	2,127	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	321.09/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,801	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,289	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	321.19/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,290	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,837	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	362.03/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,100	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	354.36/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,914	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	655	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,358	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	311.03/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,442	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	764	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,101	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	331.99/cwt	275.00–347.50	2,221	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	608	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	835	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,253	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,232	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,246	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,219	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,869	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	330.56/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,934	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	937	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,694	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,218	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,015	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,487	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	738	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,435	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	621	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,313	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	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 Jun 6, 2025

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

Receipts 283Last week 271Year ago 225

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 189, Heifers 78, Bulls 16)

Value Added and 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
3	550–600	563	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	680	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	750	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	520	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	680	250.00	250.00
2	750–800	763	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	558	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	662	340.00	340.00
3	700–750	715	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	340	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	358	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	400	305.00	305.00
4	450–500	475	340.00–345.00	343.79
7	550–600	561	320.00–322.50	321.09
5	600–650	628	292.50	292.50
8	650–700	682	255.00–320.00	311.90
2	850–900	893	205.00	205.00
1	950–1000	960	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	355.00	355.00
14	550–600	585	325.00–332.50	330.56
7	750–800	764	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	280.00	280.00
3	450–500	468	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	583	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	532	375.00	375.00
5	600–650	608	365.00	365.00
3	650–700	677	360.00	360.00
2	850–900	855	270.00	270.00
18	900–950	937	287.50	287.50
1	1000–1050	1,015	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	375.00	375.00
16	500–550	540	350.00–360.00	354.36
16	550–600	580	360.00–362.50	362.03
1	600–650	605	320.00	320.00
19	650–700	669	275.00–347.50	331.99
6	700–750	713	315.00–322.50	321.19
14	750–800	785	310.00–317.50	311.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	621	372.50	372.50
25	650–700	655	360.00	360.00
17	700–750	738	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	430	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	520	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	745	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	765	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	608	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	616	360.00	360.00
3	700–750	720	310.00	310.00

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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