Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 119, Heifers 100, Bulls 61)

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 $405.45/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −74.31 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$405.45

61 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,127

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,061

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$224.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+30.03

vs VA average

−13.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	434.65	2,247	37
Medium and Large 1-2	510	390.00	1,989	11thin
Medium and Large 2	558	354.56	1,978	11thin
Small 1	560	250.00	1,400	1thin
Medium and Large 3	565	210.00	1,187	1thin

One grade step is worth $224.65/cwt here — about $1,061 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 sale61 hd

405.45

—

VA average9 barns · 385 hd

375.41

+30.03

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−13.65

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−74.31

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

59 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	600–650	631	365.19/cwt	335.00–372.50	2,304	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	368	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,362	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	280.46/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,610	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,196	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	292.53/cwt	287.50–302.50	1,878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	315.43/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,501	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	300.52/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,764	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,019	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,192	2
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	553	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	632	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,354	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	265.67/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,934	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,218	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	650–700	667	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,701	3
Steers	Small 1	600–650	628	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,162	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	468	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	983	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	418	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,465	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	276.29/cwt	180.00–330.00	1,738	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	331.04/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,910	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,046	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	479	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,801	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	500–550	530	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,006	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,187	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	668	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,837	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,277	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3Natural	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Natural	350–400	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,206	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,033	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	515	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	593	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	345.74/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,985	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	334.45/cwt	327.50–343.00	1,913	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	360.41/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	510	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,254	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	297.16/cwt	260.00–320.00	1,412	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,150	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	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

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

Receipts 280Last week 226Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 119, Heifers 100, Bulls 61)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	548	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	556	395.00	395.00
10	600–650	631	335.00–372.50	365.19
5	650–700	672	320.00	320.00
17	750–800	793	315.00–322.50	315.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	510	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	632	372.50	372.50
5	1000–1050	1,046	245.00	245.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	628	185.00	185.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	667	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	205.00	205.00
1	550–600	565	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	438	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	535	380.00	380.00
7	550–600	574	345.00–350.00	345.74
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	405	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	510	442.00	442.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	543	290.00	290.00
14	550–600	577	330.00–335.00	331.04
8	600–650	629	180.00–330.00	276.29
3	700–750	732	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	870	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	350.00–370.00	360.41
3	450–500	475	200.00	200.00
4	500–550	524	345.00	345.00
7	550–600	574	265.00–295.00	280.46
1	600–650	630	289.00	289.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	190.00	190.00
2	450–500	468	210.00	210.00
2	550–600	553	185.00	185.00
1	600–650	615	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	548	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	730	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	542	372.50	372.50
21	550–600	587	297.00–310.00	300.52
3	600–650	642	287.50–302.50	292.53
15	700–750	728	265.00–275.00	265.67
1	800–850	835	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	479	376.00	376.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	305	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	475	260.00–320.00	297.16
2	550–600	595	305.00	305.00
3	600–650	642	312.50	312.50
2	650–700	660	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	412	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	455	145.00	145.00
2	650–700	668	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	593	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	572	327.50–343.00	334.45

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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