Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 21, Bulls 17)

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 $362.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −117.26 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$362.50

2 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,005

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.26

vs VA average

−66.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	362.50	2,005	2thin

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 sale2 hd

362.50

—

VA average7 barns · 263 hd

370.76

−8.26

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−66.65

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−117.26

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

34 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	450–500	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	600	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	600	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,935	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	300	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	735	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	605	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,392	1
Heifers	Small 1	200–250	245	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	417	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,363	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,310	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	400–450	402	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	844	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	358	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,005	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,249	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,027	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	933	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	907	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,426	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,095	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,539	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 Dec 5, 2025

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

Receipts 73Last week 280Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 21, Bulls 17)

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
2	400–450	433	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	490	285.00	285.00
5	500–550	541	322.50	322.50
1	950–1000	960	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	470	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	440	315.00	315.00
1	900–950	905	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	478	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	590	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	692	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	495	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	170.00	170.00
1	300–350	300	245.00	245.00
2	350–400	358	180.00	180.00
1	600–650	605	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	525	267.50	267.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	322.50	322.50
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	402	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	362.50	362.50
1	750–800	765	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	845	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	628	335.00	335.00
4	650–700	685	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	710	305.00	305.00
1	850–900	855	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	900	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	900–950	907	267.50	267.50
4	1050–1100	1,095	232.50	232.50

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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