Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2026-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 62, Bulls 12)

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 $438.08/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −41.67 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$438.08

19 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,423

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$409

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

$85.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.68

vs VA average

−37.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	455.00	2,389	5thin
Medium and Large 2	571	438.13	2,503	8thin
Medium and Large 1	556	434.72	2,415	5thin
Small 1	535	370.00	1,980	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.00/cwt here — about $409 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 sale19 hd

438.08

—

VA average8 barns · 407 hd

446.77

−8.68

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−37.48

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−41.67

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

47 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	450–500	475	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,444	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,460	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,389	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	402.94/cwt	392.00–414.00	2,732	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	638	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	428.40/cwt	400.00–437.50	2,429	4
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	442	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,122	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	578	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,457	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,684	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,040	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	669	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,693	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,349	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,224	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,417	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	435.27/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	766	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,719	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	340.98/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,651	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	435	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,979	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	803	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	690	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,415	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	190	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	833	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	356.30/cwt	330.00–370.00	2,006	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	863	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	604	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	673	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,389	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	755	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,101	2

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 Mar 6, 2026

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

Receipts 168Last week 73Year ago 126

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 62, Bulls 12)

Value Added and most 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
3	400–450	437	415.00–445.00	435.27
1	450–500	475	480.00	480.00
1	500–550	510	460.00	460.00
4	550–600	567	400.00–437.50	428.40
5	600–650	639	385.00	385.00
12	650–700	653	406.00	406.00
1	700–750	745	337.50	337.50
2	800–850	843	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	525	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	480.00	480.00
2	600–650	638	427.50	427.50
12	650–700	678	392.00–414.00	402.94
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	578	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	617	435.00	435.00
4	1000–1050	1,040	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	669	402.50	402.50
7	750–800	766	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	474	470.00	470.00
3	550–600	560	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	582	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	380	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	458	440.00	440.00
6	550–600	563	330.00–370.00	356.30
5	700–750	712	325.00–345.00	340.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	515	420.00	420.00
6	650–700	690	350.00	350.00
2	800–850	803	330.00	330.00
2	850–900	863	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	604	398.00	398.00
8	650–700	673	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	720	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	755	320.00	320.00
2	800–850	833	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	465.00	465.00
1	750–800	750	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	455.00	455.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	618	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	563	395.00	395.00
5	650–700	693	339.00	339.00
1	850–900	895	270.00	270.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	150.00	150.00

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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