Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2022-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 199, Heifers 178, Bulls 29)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are mostly Weaned and Vaccinated, some VQA Certified

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.57/cwt on 198 head.

Average price

$170.57

198 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1

$25.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.32

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	672	175.46	1,180	131
Medium and Large 2	593	163.18	968	22
Medium and Large 1	700	160.67	1,125	42
Small 1	610	149.67	913	3thin

One grade step is worth $25.80/cwt here — about $266 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 sale198 hd

170.57

—

VA average8 barns · 923 hd

173.89

−3.32

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

72 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 1-2Natural	—	673	182.45/cwt	179.00–186.00	1,228	57
Steers	Small 1	—	638	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	938	2
Steers	Small 1	—	555	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	845	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	585	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	907	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	611	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	971	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	753	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	157.29/cwt	149.00–166.00	815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,088	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	972	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	172.42/cwt	172.00–173.00	1,228	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	169.58/cwt	165.00–171.00	1,085	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,115	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	151.74/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,188	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	560	174.07/cwt	161.00–180.00	975	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	690	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	705	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	175.25/cwt	175.00–176.00	1,104	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	799	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,222	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	749	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,236	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	773	169.98/cwt	164.00–172.00	1,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	710	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,143	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	814	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,229	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	145.05/cwt	140.00–150.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	620	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	839	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	690	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	987	2
Bulls	Small 1Value Added	—	450	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	536	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	960	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	498	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	729	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	782	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	931	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	695	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	664	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	726	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,071	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	620	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	882	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	873	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	807	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	747	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,106	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	786	136.98/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	610	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	660	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,010	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	556	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	778	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	435	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	521	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	782	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	665	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	754	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,074	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	156.38/cwt	154.00–158.50	1,031	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	634	160.25/cwt	159.50–160.50	1,016	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	677	156.88/cwt	156.50–158.00	1,062	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	870	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,070	2

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 Sep 2, 2022

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

Receipts 406Last week 169Year ago 144

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 199, Heifers 178, Bulls 29)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are mostly Weaned and Vaccinated, some VQA Certified

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	673	179.00–186.00	182.45
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	147.00	147.00
1	—	555	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	106.00	106.00
9	—	640	165.00–171.00	169.58
2	—	448	181.00	181.00
4	—	783	151.00–154.00	151.74
2	—	550	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	149.00–166.00	157.29
3	—	680	160.00	160.00
1	—	715	151.00	151.00
1	—	605	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	619	157.00	157.00
7	—	724	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	712	172.00–173.00	172.42
28	—	630	175.00–176.00	175.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	560	161.00–180.00	174.07
1	—	690	145.00	145.00
1	—	620	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	799	153.00	153.00
6	—	749	165.00	165.00
4	—	814	151.00	151.00
1	—	440	170.00	170.00
2	—	515	140.00–150.00	145.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	773	164.00–172.00	169.98
1	—	710	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	127.00	127.00
19	—	634	159.50–160.50	160.25
8	—	677	156.50–158.00	156.88
2	—	870	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	585	155.00	155.00
7	—	611	159.00	159.00
5	—	664	160.00	160.00
10	—	726	147.50	147.50
6	—	754	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	695	135.00	135.00
2	—	525	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	551	141.50	141.50
4	—	451	146.50	146.50
1	—	375	149.00	149.00
5	—	628	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	131.00	131.00
8	—	549	147.00	147.00
3	—	627	143.00	143.00
1	—	855	121.00	121.00
1	—	765	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	639	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	633	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	747	148.00	148.00
17	—	659	154.00–158.50	156.38
3	—	587	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	786	135.00–141.00	136.98
15	—	556	140.00	140.00
1	—	435	137.00	137.00
4	—	521	150.00	150.00
2	—	665	153.50	153.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	141.00	141.00
1	—	660	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	567	148.00	148.00
2	—	653	147.00	147.00
2	—	498	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	129.00	129.00
6	—	450	162.00	162.00
2	—	348	186.00	186.00
1	—	515	155.00	155.00
1	—	370	145.00	145.00
3	—	782	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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