Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2021-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Stated Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 131, Heifers 94, Bulls 26)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.57/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$147.57

131 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$323

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$48.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.45

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	150.11	1,006	82
Medium and Large 2	603	146.41	882	45
Medium and Large 3	575	115.00	661	2thin
Small 1	670	102.00	683	2thin

One grade step is worth $48.11/cwt here — about $323 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 sale131 hd

147.57

—

VA average9 barns · 1,714 hd

147.12

+0.45

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

36 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	—	265	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	640	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	453	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	684	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	582	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	844	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	786	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,136	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	656	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,027	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	589	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	783	4
Steers	Small 1	—	805	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	934	1
Steers	Small 1	—	535	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,046	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	966	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	260	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	905	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	836	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	768	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	161.63/cwt	161.00–162.00	776	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	821	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	722	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	139.24/cwt	139.00–140.50	1,028	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	129.50/cwt	120.00–139.00	971	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	738	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	609	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	127.56/cwt	124.00–128.00	814	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	965	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	499	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	524	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	138.74/cwt	131.00–140.00	921	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	626	5

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 6, 2021

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

Receipts 251Last week 308Year ago 171

Stated Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 131, Heifers 94, Bulls 26)

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	—	265	177.00	177.00
2	—	553	139.00	139.00
3	—	390	164.00	164.00
7	—	453	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	125.00	125.00
1	—	515	123.00	123.00
2	—	683	117.00	117.00
2	—	768	90.00	90.00
5	—	432	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	120.00	120.00
4	—	490	131.00	131.00
6	—	657	119.00	119.00
17	—	566	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	589	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	750	120.00–139.00	129.50
26	—	561	131.50	131.50
10	—	453	134.50	134.50
18	—	638	124.00–128.00	127.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	499	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	582	145.00	145.00
11	—	786	144.50	144.50
37	—	656	156.50	156.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	116.00	116.00
1	—	535	88.00	88.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	715	146.25	146.25
14	—	666	145.00	145.00
1	—	905	100.00	100.00
7	—	557	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	480	161.00–162.00	161.63
13	—	547	150.00	150.00
2	—	405	172.00	172.00
6	—	738	139.00–140.50	139.24
1	—	965	85.00	85.00
15	—	664	131.00–140.00	138.74
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	115.00	115.00

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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