Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2021-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 214, Heifers 221, Bulls 27)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.14/cwt on 218 head.

Average price

$125.14

218 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$29.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.44

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	642	129.17	829	141
Medium and Large 1-2	627	122.62	769	26
Medium and Large 2	493	119.26	588	35
Medium and Large 3	500	111.00	555	10thin
Small 1	512	99.33	508	6thin

One grade step is worth $29.83/cwt here — about $321 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 sale218 hd

125.14

—

VA average8 barns · 1,765 hd

128.58

−3.44

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

70 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	126.59/cwt	118.00–127.00	611	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	136.98/cwt	116.00–140.00	755	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	133.01/cwt	129.00–134.00	886	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	762	128.02/cwt	124.00–134.50	976	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	589	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	754	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	558	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	777	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,002	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	810	2
Steers	Small 1	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	979	1
Steers	Small 1	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	139.44/cwt	115.00–150.00	650	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	867	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	866	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	600	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	843	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,203	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,165	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,000	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	772	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	133.32/cwt	129.00–134.00	857	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	135.45/cwt	127.00–137.50	752	15
Steers	Small 1Natural	—	598	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	628	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	735	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,198	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	680	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	945	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	98.50/cwt	65.00–132.00	463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	615	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	535	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	265	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	123.49/cwt	92.00–126.00	585	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	703	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	731	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	789	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	107.10/cwt	102.00–112.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	128.68/cwt	119.00–130.00	430	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	315	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	516	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	624	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	320	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	850	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	630	119.66/cwt	119.00–120.00	754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	681	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	505	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	597	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	400	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	518	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	777	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	610	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	924	18
Heifers	Small 1	—	730	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	402	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	513	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	692	135.34/cwt	135.00–136.00	937	73

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 Oct 1, 2021

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

Receipts 462Last week 144Year ago 558

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 214, Heifers 221, Bulls 27)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	483	118.00–127.00	126.59
3	—	395	130.00	130.00
2	—	775	104.00–105.00	104.51
1	—	985	55.00	55.00
1	—	415	119.00	119.00
1	—	815	105.00	105.00
12	—	565	120.50	120.50
2	—	543	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	762	124.00–134.50	128.02
1	—	850	100.00	100.00
6	—	630	119.00–120.00	119.66
5	—	505	126.00	126.00
73	—	692	135.00–136.00	135.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	589	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	102.00	102.00
15	—	474	92.00–126.00	123.49
2	—	515	102.00–112.00	107.10
8	—	334	119.00–130.00	128.68
4	—	658	116.00	116.00
1	—	555	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	703	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	731	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	516	121.00	121.00
2	—	385	83.00	83.00
1	—	615	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	98.00	98.00
1	—	730	55.00	55.00
3	—	513	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	551	116.00–140.00	136.98
5	—	666	129.00–134.00	133.01
10	—	518	150.00	150.00
5	—	756	132.50	132.50
1	—	1,005	120.00	120.00
1	—	830	118.00	118.00
1	—	415	111.00	111.00
1	—	970	124.00	124.00
1	—	910	128.00	128.00
9	—	704	142.00	142.00
2	—	850	130.00	130.00
7	—	462	167.00	167.00
7	—	643	129.00–134.00	133.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	156.00	156.00
11	—	466	115.00–150.00	139.44
5	—	652	133.00	133.00
1	—	295	151.00	151.00
15	—	555	127.00–137.50	135.45
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	610	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	600	140.50	140.50
60	—	735	163.00	163.00
Steers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	598	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	518	150.00	150.00
18	—	610	151.50	151.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	121.00	121.00
2	—	400	149.00	149.00
1	—	945	61.00	61.00
1	—	800	108.00	108.00
1	—	780	81.00	81.00
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
6	—	457	134.50	134.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	120.50	120.50
2	—	470	65.00–132.00	98.50
1	—	340	125.00	125.00
2	—	805	71.00	71.00
2	—	565	121.00	121.00
1	—	630	50.00	50.00
1	—	360	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	123.00	123.00
1	—	265	119.00	119.00

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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