Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2026-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 35, 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 $381.67/cwt on 9 head, down $16.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −98.09 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$381.67

▼ 16.19 vs prior sale

9 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$22

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

$18.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.23

vs VA average

−32.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	520	390.00	2,028	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	525	390.00	2,048	3thin
Medium and Large 1	552	371.25	2,050	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about −$22 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale9 hd

381.67

—

VA average8 barns · 140 hd

409.89

−28.23

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

−32.57

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−98.09

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

33 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	250–300	295	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,041	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,565	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,178	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,268	3
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	478	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	717	337.51/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,420	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	694	349.39/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,425	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	590	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,006	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	785	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	863	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	3,128	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,036	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,183	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,291	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	700	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	583	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,895	13

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 Aug 7, 2026

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

Receipts 101Last week 134Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 35, 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
1	250–300	295	300.00	300.00
5	400–450	447	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	523	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	633	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	700	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	380.00	380.00
6	500–550	528	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	610	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	670	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	570	355.00	355.00
2	600–650	615	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	590	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	583	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	360.00	360.00
8	650–700	694	345.00–350.00	349.39
4	700–750	717	330.00–340.00	337.51
1	750–800	760	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	543	375.00	375.00
3	600–650	648	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	415.00	415.00
2	500–550	520	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	390.00	390.00
3	750–800	785	350.00	350.00
12	850–900	863	362.50	362.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	603	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	290.00	290.00

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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