Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 32, Bulls 4)

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 $356.24/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −123.52 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$356.24

21 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$407

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$90.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.11

vs VA average

−16.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	360.73	2,000	15thin
Medium and Large 2	565	360.00	2,034	3thin
Medium and Large 3	575	360.00	2,070	2thin
Small 1	590	270.00	1,593	1thin

One grade step is worth $90.73/cwt here — about $407 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale21 hd

356.24

—

VA average8 barns · 363 hd

373.35

−17.11

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

−16.19

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−123.52

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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	550	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,911	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,739	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,829	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	590	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	490	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	377.89/cwt	377.00–379.00	2,131	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	594	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,031	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	474	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	695	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,011	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,117	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	335.75/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	702	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,317	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	800–850	835	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,422	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,814	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

Fri Jul 18, 2025

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

Receipts 90Last week 283Year ago 349

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 32, Bulls 4)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	565	360.00	360.00
3	600–650	620	322.50	322.50
1	700–750	730	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	385.00	385.00
9	550–600	564	377.00–379.00	377.89
1	600–650	610	310.00	310.00
3	700–750	702	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	385.00	385.00
2	500–550	518	275.00	275.00
4	550–600	551	365.00	365.00
7	650–700	656	325.00–340.00	335.75
2	800–850	820	300.00	300.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	474	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	695	305.00	305.00
4	800–850	835	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	575	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	553	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	357.50	357.50
4	550–600	550	347.50	347.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	345.00	345.00
3	550–600	552	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	640	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	594	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
3	600–650	642	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	325.00	325.00

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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