Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2022-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 82, Bulls 12)

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 $144.44/cwt on 82 head.

Average price

$144.44

82 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$49.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.94

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	526	149.52	787	23
Medium and Large 1	607	146.55	890	50
Small 1	692	123.83	857	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	463	117.50	544	2thin
Medium and Large 3	730	100.00	730	1thin

One grade step is worth $49.52/cwt here — about $57 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 sale82 hd

144.44

—

VA average9 barns · 1,373 hd

150.39

−5.94

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

46 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 1	—	583	157.47/cwt	135.00–165.00	918	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	170.06/cwt	147.50–181.00	738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	158.53/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,046	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	732	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,105	5
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	—	740	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	623	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	622	146.88/cwt	129.00–153.00	914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	732	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,149	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3Natural	—	340	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	365	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	628	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	830	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,270	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	907	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	515	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,113	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	935	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	460	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	148.61/cwt	145.00–149.00	829	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3Natural	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	141.69/cwt	137.00–142.00	911	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	757	140.67/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,065	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,019	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	948	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	642	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	735	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	831	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,019	1

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 5, 2022

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

Receipts 169Last week 272Year ago 251

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 82, Bulls 12)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	583	135.00–165.00	157.47
3	—	434	147.50–181.00	170.06
10	—	660	153.00–160.00	158.53
1	—	635	136.00	136.00
1	—	470	132.50	132.50
1	—	390	147.50	147.50
2	—	503	169.00	169.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	622	129.00–153.00	146.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	732	157.00	157.00
3	—	830	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	147.50	147.50
1	—	405	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	365	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	589	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	683	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	732	151.00	151.00
1	—	655	140.00	140.00
3	—	757	134.00–144.00	140.67
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	652	142.00	142.00
5	—	371	160.00	160.00
1	—	535	146.00	146.00
1	—	755	135.00	135.00
2	—	343	157.00	157.00
1	—	480	152.00	152.00
9	—	558	149.00	149.00
1	—	815	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	558	145.00–149.00	148.61
4	—	473	155.00	155.00
16	—	643	137.00–142.00	141.69
1	—	425	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
4	—	735	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	140.00	140.00
1	—	540	136.00	136.00
3	—	665	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	139.00	139.00
1	—	560	140.00	140.00
1	—	515	125.00	125.00
1	—	390	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	132.00	132.00

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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