Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2026-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 52, Bulls 26)

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 $397.85/cwt on 23 head, down $81.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −81.90 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$397.85

▼ 81.90 vs prior sale

23 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,232

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 1

$44.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.24

vs VA average

−41.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	523	430.00	2,249	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	584	406.79	2,376	9thin
Medium and Large 1	550	385.80	2,123	12thin

One grade step is worth $44.20/cwt here — about $126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale23 hd

397.85

—

VA average7 barns · 286 hd

435.09

−37.24

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

−41.30

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−81.90

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

44 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	380.73/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,524	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	573	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	483	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	404.80/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,761	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	380.59/cwt	335.00–395.00	2,725	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	371.06/cwt	270.00–416.00	2,085	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	406.79/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,376	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	670	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,607	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	453	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,971	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	507	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,028	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,882	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	347.90/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,837	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,961	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	316.28/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,081	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,430	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	440	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,936	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	500–550	523	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,249	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,215	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,453	2
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	600–650	608	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,022	4
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	580	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,985	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,258	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	343.02/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,821	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,187	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,806	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 Jul 17, 2026

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

Receipts 134Last week 363Year ago 90

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 52, Bulls 26)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	405.00	405.00
8	400–450	435	400.00–420.00	404.80
2	500–550	515	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	640	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	430.00	430.00
3	500–550	507	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	573	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	670	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	430.00	430.00
5	450–500	467	420.00	420.00
5	500–550	528	330.00–370.00	347.90
7	550–600	579	325.00	325.00
3	600–650	630	315.00	315.00
4	650–700	658	315.00–320.00	316.28
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	608	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	434	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	470	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	435.00	435.00
3	450–500	472	440.00	440.00
3	500–550	515	430.00	430.00
9	550–600	562	270.00–416.00	371.06
2	600–650	648	375.00	375.00
6	650–700	660	395.00	395.00
10	700–750	716	335.00–395.00	380.59
1	750–800	790	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	584	400.00–410.00	406.79
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	440.00	440.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	455.00	455.00
2	450–500	478	360.00–400.00	380.73
2	500–550	548	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	435.00	435.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	570	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	430.00	430.00
5	500–550	531	335.00–345.00	343.02
1	550–600	555	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	648	337.50	337.50
7	650–700	664	340.00	340.00

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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