Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2021-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 308, Heifers 301, Bulls 51)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.56/cwt on 306 head.

Average price

$139.56

306 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$38.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.18

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	147.63	800	48
Medium and Large 1	620	139.59	865	130
Medium and Large 1-2	647	139.21	901	107
Medium and Large 3	450	134.73	607	11thin
Small 1	641	109.38	701	10thin

One grade step is worth $38.25/cwt here — about $99 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 sale306 hd

139.56

—

VA average11 barns · 2,063 hd

144.74

−5.18

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,004	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	973	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	127.74/cwt	122.00–130.00	677	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	121.25/cwt	110.00–127.00	452	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	112.64/cwt	95.00–131.00	707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	915	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,043	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	802	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	633	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	673	1
Steers	Small 1	—	628	117.27/cwt	110.00–119.00	736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	141.74/cwt	139.00–143.00	889	39
Steers	Medium and Large 3Natural	—	361	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	527	6
Steers	Small 1	—	473	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,069	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	933	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	974	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	138.47/cwt	126.00–140.00	809	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	946	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	139.71/cwt	117.50–146.00	736	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	549	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	812	12
Steers	Small 1	—	775	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	139.11/cwt	138.50–142.00	822	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,218	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,113	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	443	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	740	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	534	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	769	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	900	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	134.08/cwt	128.00–146.00	496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,163	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	727	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	104.18/cwt	102.50–106.00	441	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	448	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	524	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	930	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	800	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	678	91.01/cwt	85.00–94.00	617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	459	125.72/cwt	112.50–131.00	577	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	608	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	123.95/cwt	121.00–124.50	666	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	585	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	677	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	745	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	652	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	763	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	708	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	895	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	368	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	523	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	497	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	526	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	616	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	380	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	614	134.26/cwt	130.00–136.00	824	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	580	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	785	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	823	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	120.31/cwt	95.00–128.00	677	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	129.95/cwt	129.00–130.00	741	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,080	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	118.28/cwt	105.00–125.00	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	342	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	966	33
Heifers	Small 1	—	568	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	607	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	448	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	659	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	107.51/cwt	105.00–115.00	466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	124.89/cwt	123.00–125.00	884	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	629	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	906	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	543	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	706	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	629	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	868	15

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 5, 2021

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

Receipts 660Last week 462Year ago 450

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 308, Heifers 301, Bulls 51)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	103.00	103.00
2	—	918	106.00	106.00
7	—	530	122.00–130.00	127.74
6	—	373	110.00–127.00	121.25
10	—	639	125.50	125.50
22	—	469	135.00	135.00
22	—	570	129.00–130.00	129.95
4	—	885	122.00	122.00
19	—	708	123.00–125.00	124.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	107.50	107.50
6	—	580	122.00	122.00
6	—	442	119.00	119.00
1	—	340	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	368	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	114.50	114.50
2	—	568	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	131.00	131.00
9	—	563	95.00–128.00	120.31
3	—	655	125.00	125.00
3	—	620	105.00–125.00	118.28
3	—	342	121.00	121.00
4	—	433	105.00–115.00	107.51
1	—	735	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	614	130.00–136.00	134.26
6	—	518	112.00	112.00
4	—	410	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	553	142.00	142.00
21	—	601	137.00	137.00
33	—	746	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	109.00	109.00
14	—	448	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	629	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	95.00–131.00	112.64
1	—	915	114.00	114.00
4	—	551	134.00	134.00
13	—	662	141.00	141.00
5	—	462	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	114.00	114.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	628	110.00–119.00	117.27
2	—	473	115.00	115.00
3	—	775	92.50	92.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	627	139.00–143.00	141.74
19	—	786	136.00	136.00
9	—	722	131.00	131.00
28	—	591	138.50–142.00	139.11
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	361	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	749	130.00	130.00
24	—	584	126.00–140.00	138.47
1	—	625	122.00	122.00
27	—	527	117.50–146.00	139.71
12	—	861	141.50	141.50
7	—	837	133.00	133.00
15	—	652	138.00	138.00
3	—	370	128.00–146.00	134.08
2	—	938	124.00	124.00
15	—	466	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	549	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	570	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	443	167.00	167.00
6	—	534	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	130.00	130.00
15	—	629	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	147.00	147.00
2	—	423	102.50–106.00	104.18
7	—	459	112.50–131.00	125.72
3	—	652	117.00	117.00
3	—	583	123.00	123.00
4	—	643	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	117.00	117.00
1	—	930	86.00	86.00
3	—	678	85.00–94.00	91.01
1	—	585	115.00	115.00
1	—	380	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
7	—	464	131.00	131.00
6	—	537	121.00–124.50	123.95
1	—	895	89.00	89.00
1	—	380	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	100.00	100.00

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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