Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2019-08-16

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Aug 16
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174
Receipts
96 head
▼ 388 vs last sale 484▲ 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Eastern Virginia Cattleman's Association Sale

Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 41, Bulls 5)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.08/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$139.08
51 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$844
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$9.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.63
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2612140.9886341
Medium and Large 2585131.3076810thin
One grade step is worth $9.68/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale51 hd
139.08
—
VA average10 barns · 1,438 hd
132.45
+6.63
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

26 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
BullsMedium and Large 1—77099.00/cwt99.00–99.007621
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006841
BullsMedium and Large 2—455125.00/cwt125.00–125.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—470124.00/cwt124.00–124.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—513129.25/cwt129.25–129.256632
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—628119.50/cwt119.50–119.507502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—670119.50/cwt119.50–119.508013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—593130.00/cwt130.00–130.0077112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—512129.25/cwt129.25–129.2566213
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—660119.50/cwt119.50–119.507892
HeifersMedium and Large 3—360105.00/cwt105.00–105.003781
HeifersMedium and Large 3—410103.00/cwt103.00–103.004221
HeifersMedium and Large 3—50098.00/cwt98.00–98.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 3Value Added—325120.00/cwt120.00–120.003901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—551143.00/cwt143.00–143.007888
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—597147.00/cwt147.00–147.008785
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—514140.00/cwt140.00–140.007209
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—689139.00/cwt139.00–139.0095819
SteersMedium and Large 2—845114.00/cwt114.00–114.009631
SteersMedium and Large 2—875114.00/cwt114.00–114.009981
SteersMedium and Large 2—446135.00/cwt135.00–135.006025
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—490124.00/cwt124.00–124.006081
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—635147.00/cwt147.00–147.009331
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—775139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0771

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.