Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2022-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 326, Heifers 259, Bulls 51)

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 $158.67/cwt on 326 head.

Average price

$158.67

326 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$501

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$85.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.90

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	558	170.36	951	33
Medium and Large 1	679	161.27	1,094	232
Medium and Large 2	514	151.69	779	38
Small 1	541	129.05	698	22
Medium and Large 3	530	85.00	451	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.36/cwt here — about $501 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 sale326 hd

158.67

—

VA average10 barns · 1,316 hd

164.56

−5.90

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

83 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	Small 1	—	380	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	551	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	882	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,235	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	586	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	797	7
Steers	Small 1	—	734	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	845	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	136.15/cwt	102.50–145.00	860	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	179.36/cwt	167.00–181.00	1,008	38
Steers	Small 1	—	542	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	705	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	151.29/cwt	147.00–156.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	169.07/cwt	155.00–174.00	1,079	36
Steers	Small 1	—	640	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	752	1
Steers	Small 1	—	405	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,020	8
Steers	Small 1	—	476	127.39/cwt	125.00–135.00	606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	707	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,117	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	153.10/cwt	150.50–156.00	1,144	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,215	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	793	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,190	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	158.91/cwt	150.00–160.00	723	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	406	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,239	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	836	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,254	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	825	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	743	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,115	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	435	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	489	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	480	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	522	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	966	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	714	123.55/cwt	118.00–125.00	882	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	858	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	160.23/cwt	150.00–162.00	737	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	674	129.76/cwt	129.00–130.00	875	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	596	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	477	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	421	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	689	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	896	45
Heifers	Small 1	—	435	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	579	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	630	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	473	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	396	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	124.60/cwt	116.00–127.50	703	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	541	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	674	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	663	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	803	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	610	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	542	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	729	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	124.98/cwt	82.50–135.00	522	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	802	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	107.45/cwt	94.00–121.00	755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	121.41/cwt	119.00–125.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	942	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	130.39/cwt	127.00–132.50	748	30
Heifers	Small 1	—	825	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	484	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	121.21/cwt	120.00–122.00	936	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,081	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	681	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	608	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	730	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	861	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	975	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	306	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	480	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	676	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,136	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	779	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	974	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	338	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	453	6

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 7, 2022

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

Receipts 636Last week 406Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 326, Heifers 259, Bulls 51)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	145.00	145.00
4	—	734	123.00	123.00
9	—	542	130.00	130.00
1	—	640	117.50	117.50
1	—	405	115.00	115.00
4	—	476	125.00–135.00	127.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	882	140.00	140.00
4	—	374	175.50	175.50
1	—	510	155.00	155.00
6	—	632	102.50–145.00	136.15
1	—	750	130.00	130.00
2	—	420	147.00–156.00	151.29
10	—	455	150.00–160.00	158.91
5	—	559	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	515	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	562	167.00–181.00	179.36
36	—	638	155.00–174.00	169.07
8	—	660	154.50	154.50
1	—	960	129.00	129.00
17	—	747	150.50–156.00	153.10
1	—	505	135.00	135.00
1	—	415	137.00	137.00
7	—	764	159.00	159.00
5	—	879	141.00	141.00
9	—	469	176.00	176.00
1	—	335	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	707	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	793	150.00	150.00
4	—	406	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	836	150.00	150.00
66	—	743	150.00	150.00
21	—	676	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	112.50	112.50
1	—	480	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	522	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	306	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	145.00	145.00
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
2	—	648	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	714	118.00–125.00	123.55
11	—	561	153.00	153.00
7	—	460	150.00–162.00	160.23
4	—	674	129.00–130.00	129.76
1	—	1,165	85.00	85.00
1	—	525	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
1	—	620	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	397	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	100.00	100.00
3	—	477	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	586	136.00	136.00
9	—	779	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	91.00	91.00
3	—	540	121.00	121.00
2	—	803	76.00	76.00
7	—	418	82.50–135.00	124.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	689	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	133.00	133.00
3	—	630	75.00	75.00
3	—	330	120.00	120.00
5	—	542	116.00	116.00
1	—	825	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	564	116.00–127.50	124.60
7	—	356	152.00	152.00
10	—	477	139.00	139.00
1	—	610	120.00	120.00
2	—	703	94.00–121.00	107.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	129.00	129.00
6	—	521	140.00	140.00
11	—	364	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	478	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	647	124.00	124.00
5	—	533	119.00–125.00	121.41
10	—	708	133.00	133.00
30	—	574	127.00–132.50	130.39
2	—	385	146.00	146.00
15	—	772	120.00–122.00	121.21
1	—	965	112.00	112.00
10	—	473	144.00	144.00
6	—	859	113.50	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	608	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	338	134.00	134.00

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