Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2026-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 66, Bulls 30)

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 $487.98/cwt on 41 head, up $49.90 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 5 comparable sales and sits +8.22 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$487.98

▲ 49.90 vs prior sale

41 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$92.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.06

vs VA average

−2.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	492.90	2,652	37
Medium and Large 1-2	573	485.00	2,779	2thin
Small 1	595	400.00	2,380	2thin

One grade step is worth $92.90/cwt here — about $272 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 sale41 hd

487.98

—

VA average9 barns · 526 hd

491.04

−3.06

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−2.85

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

+8.22

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

56 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	350–400	378	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,966	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,235	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,608	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,110	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	456.65/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,607	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	3,059	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	383.88/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,234	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,092	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,167	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,222	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,773	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,162	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	378	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,909	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,188	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,811	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	662	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,830	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,307	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	341.43/cwt	322.50–347.50	2,458	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,381	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,402	3
Heifers	Small 1	800–850	835	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,712	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	595	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	1,858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	300–350	343	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,938	2
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	640	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	412.01/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,369	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,115	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,272	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	635	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,991	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	772	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,011	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	755	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	453	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,039	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,318	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	526	498.20/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,621	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,628	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 Apr 10, 2026

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

Receipts 199Last week 168Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 66, Bulls 30)

Value Added 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	350–400	378	520.00	520.00
2	400–450	400	527.50	527.50
2	450–500	488	500.00	500.00
2	500–550	530	480.00	480.00
6	550–600	571	430.00–465.00	456.65
5	650–700	652	400.00	400.00
2	700–750	748	360.00	360.00
3	800–850	845	347.50	347.50
7	850–900	893	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	459	505.00	505.00
6	1050–1100	1,092	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	526	480.00–530.00	498.20
7	550–600	550	511.00	511.00
3	650–700	662	427.50	427.50
1	700–750	730	360.00	360.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	595.00	595.00
1	350–400	395	520.00	520.00
4	450–500	460	515.00	515.00
1	850–900	895	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	565.00	565.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	505.00	505.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	485.00	485.00
13	750–800	772	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	475.00	475.00
1	300–350	310	460.00	460.00
5	350–400	351	505.00	505.00
8	450–500	465	465.00	465.00
6	550–600	582	360.00–395.00	383.88
6	600–650	644	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	793	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	505.00	505.00
3	650–700	658	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	460	390.00–420.00	412.01
1	650–700	695	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	455.00	455.00
2	350–400	365	509.00	509.00
2	400–450	418	460.00	460.00
2	550–600	553	382.50	382.50
1	800–850	840	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	635	387.50	387.50
3	700–750	720	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	453	450.00	450.00
4	750–800	755	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	500.00	500.00
3	500–550	547	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	568	400.00	400.00
2	650–700	683	372.50	372.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	590.00	590.00
3	450–500	493	468.00	468.00
5	500–550	535	445.00	445.00
1	600–650	620	377.50	377.50
4	700–750	720	322.50–347.50	341.43
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	463	430.00	430.00

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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