Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2019-10-18

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Oct 18
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174
Receipts
81 head
▼ 363 vs last sale 444▲ 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 38, Bulls 17)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Eastern Virginia Cattlemen's Association.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.41/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$113.41
37 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$77
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$21.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.23
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2419115.004829thin
Medium and Large 1566114.1464621
Medium and Large 2526111.675876thin
Small 159594.005591thin
One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about −$77 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 sale37 hd
113.41
—
VA average12 barns · 2,635 hd
110.17
+3.23
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 2—86579.00/cwt79.00–79.006831
BullsMedium and Large 3—43087.00/cwt87.00–87.003741
BullsMedium and Large 1—433106.00/cwt106.00–106.004592
BullsMedium and Large 2—553110.00/cwt110.00–110.006085
BullsSmall 1—49570.00/cwt70.00–70.003471
BullsMedium and Large 1—490113.00/cwt113.00–113.005541
BullsMedium and Large 2—64398.00/cwt98.00–98.006303
BullsMedium and Large 3—76579.00/cwt79.00–79.006041
SteersMedium and Large 1—410123.00/cwt123.00–123.005042
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—52285.00/cwt85.00–85.004443
SteersMedium and Large 1—630120.50/cwt120.50–120.507594
SteersMedium and Large 3—39595.00/cwt95.00–95.003751
SteersMedium and Large 1—815120.00/cwt120.00–120.009783
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—402108.00/cwt108.00–108.0043410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470114.50/cwt114.50–114.505381
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006673
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—557114.00/cwt114.00–114.006355
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435114.50/cwt114.50–114.504982
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530111.00/cwt111.00–111.005883
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—466115.50/cwt115.50–115.505385
HeifersMedium and Large 2—685108.00/cwt108.00–108.007401
HeifersSmall 1—59594.00/cwt94.00–94.005591
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705113.50/cwt113.50–113.508001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—763113.50/cwt113.50–113.508663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—419115.00/cwt115.00–115.004829
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533111.00/cwt111.00–111.005923

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.