Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2020-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 245, Heifers 141, Bulls 64)

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 $126.51/cwt on 229 head.

Average price

$126.51

229 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$26.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.11

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	588	131.82	775	60
Medium and Large 1	650	126.68	823	106
Medium and Large 1-2	717	125.25	898	50
Medium and Large 3	535	112.00	599	1thin
Small 1	555	104.95	582	12thin

One grade step is worth $26.87/cwt here — about $193 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 sale229 hd

126.51

—

VA average10 barns · 1,085 hd

133.63

−7.11

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

80 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	798	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	942	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	613	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	138.33/cwt	123.00–141.00	645	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	137.88/cwt	136.00–139.00	742	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	116.00/cwt	114.00–118.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	913	120.20/cwt	119.00–120.50	1,097	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	134.97/cwt	133.00–137.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	136.67/cwt	136.00–137.00	753	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	132.88/cwt	125.00–135.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	115.59/cwt	114.00–119.00	616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	117.45/cwt	115.50–124.50	923	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	560	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	588	3
Steers	Small 1	—	536	105.49/cwt	102.50–110.00	565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	122.84/cwt	122.00–144.00	791	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	674	22
Steers	Small 1	—	395	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	536	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	815	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	652	1
Steers	Small 1	—	850	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	103.49/cwt	102.00–105.00	890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	799	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	460	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	524	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	370	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	437	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	545	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	572	2
Steers	Small 1	—	450	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	518	3
Steers	Small 1	—	635	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	445	1
Steers	Small 1	—	745	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	782	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	648	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	486	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	450	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	329	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	377	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	271	5
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	335	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	255	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	815	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	616	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	659	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	572	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	770	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	134.16/cwt	120.00–140.00	631	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	139.54/cwt	139.00–141.00	731	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	110.14/cwt	91.00–115.00	887	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	505	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	596	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	650	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	662	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	887	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	865	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	492	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	744	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	900	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	99.00/cwt	98.00–100.00	416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	941	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	140.29/cwt	123.00–149.00	648	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	135.80/cwt	115.00–141.00	805	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	750	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	676	117.80/cwt	112.00–124.00	796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	126.98/cwt	121.00–130.00	857	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	125.86/cwt	117.00–127.00	821	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	126.97/cwt	121.00–133.00	562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	860	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	601	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	775	14

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 Nov 6, 2020

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

Receipts 450Last week 558Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 245, Heifers 141, Bulls 64)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	798	118.00	118.00
10	—	913	119.00–120.50	120.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	466	123.00–141.00	138.33
2	—	655	114.00–118.00	116.00
1	—	820	105.00	105.00
2	—	528	133.00–137.00	134.97
30	—	551	136.00–137.00	136.67
1	—	915	100.00	100.00
9	—	786	115.50–124.50	117.45
26	—	644	122.00–144.00	122.84
1	—	425	126.00	126.00
2	—	860	102.00–105.00	103.49
2	—	713	112.00	112.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	536	102.50–110.00	105.49
1	—	395	115.00	115.00
1	—	850	97.00	97.00
3	—	450	115.00	115.00
1	—	635	70.00	70.00
1	—	745	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	524	139.00–141.00	139.54
5	—	805	91.00–115.00	110.14
4	—	381	152.50	152.50
6	—	462	123.00–149.00	140.29
10	—	593	115.00–141.00	135.80
9	—	652	117.00–127.00	125.86
2	—	443	121.00–133.00	126.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	744	121.00	121.00
1	—	750	114.00	114.00
4	—	676	112.00–124.00	117.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	747	126.00	126.00
26	—	675	121.00–130.00	126.98
3	—	868	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	103.00	103.00
2	—	425	105.00	105.00
2	—	375	134.00	134.00
3	—	533	114.00–119.00	115.59
22	—	557	121.00	121.00
1	—	625	112.00	112.00
20	—	466	129.00	129.00
14	—	657	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	105.00	105.00
3	—	460	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	616	107.00	107.00
4	—	476	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	132.00	132.00
12	—	447	128.00	128.00
9	—	616	125.00	125.00
14	—	721	120.00	120.00
12	—	555	120.00	120.00
2	—	655	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	492	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	538	136.00–139.00	137.88
5	—	466	125.00–135.00	132.88
1	—	620	112.00	112.00
1	—	400	92.50	92.50
1	—	360	135.00	135.00
1	—	815	95.00	95.00
1	—	705	107.00	107.00
2	—	663	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	80.00	80.00
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
1	—	370	118.00	118.00
2	—	545	105.00	105.00
2	—	648	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	117.00	117.00
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
7	—	470	120.00–140.00	134.16
3	—	360	153.00	153.00
8	—	662	134.00	134.00
2	—	420	98.00–100.00	99.00
1	—	745	98.00	98.00
1	—	505	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	122.00	122.00
7	—	596	109.00	109.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	73.00	73.00
5	—	377	72.00	72.00
2	—	335	76.00	76.00

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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