Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2026-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 38, Bulls 4)

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 $360.40/cwt on 16 head, down $37.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −98.52 against this barn's trailing median of $458.92.

Average price

$360.40

▼ 37.45 vs prior sale

16 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$497

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$114.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.13

vs VA average

−10.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	389.40	2,092	6thin
Small 1	528	355.00	1,873	2thin
Medium and Large 2	585	349.29	2,045	7thin
Medium and Large 3	580	275.00	1,595	1thin

One grade step is worth $114.40/cwt here — about $497 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

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.98, low $360.40, median $458.92 across 6 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 sale16 hd

360.40

—

VA average6 barns · 213 hd

380.53

−20.13

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

−10.99

This barn, trailing median6 sales

458.92

−98.52

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

30 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	400–450	445	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,010	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,221	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,271	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	493	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,405	2
Bulls	Small 1Value Added	450–500	455	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,388	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	500–550	500	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	845	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,408	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,519	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	319.94/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,230	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	392.60/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	711	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,311	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	478	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,984	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,213	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,046	6

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 Sep 4, 2026

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

Receipts 102Last week 101Year ago 458

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 38, Bulls 4)

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	400–450	445	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	465	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	345.00	345.00
6	500–550	526	300.00–340.00	319.94
5	550–600	558	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	638	315.00	315.00
14	650–700	681	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	710	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	415.00	415.00
4	500–550	516	385.00–405.00	392.60
2	550–600	580	383.00	383.00
2	650–700	678	335.00	335.00
14	750–800	768	328.00	328.00
1	900–950	940	268.00	268.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	370.00	370.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	478	415.00	415.00
4	700–750	711	325.00	325.00
2	800–850	845	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	540	375.00	375.00
6	550–600	593	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	785	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	697	317.50	317.50

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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