Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2024-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 47, Bulls 22)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $180.77/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$180.77

47 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$16.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.17

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	188.38	1,055	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	431	180.00	776	8thin
Medium and Large 3	386	175.50	678	10thin
Medium and Large 1	475	172.19	819	10thin

One grade step is worth $16.19/cwt here — about $237 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 sale47 hd

180.77

—

VA average3 barns · 87 hd

178.60

+2.17

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

27 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	534	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,127	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,093	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	—	347	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	677	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	152.97/cwt	87.50–175.00	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Natural	—	375	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,367	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	448	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	963	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,023	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	426	175.97/cwt	170.00–177.50	750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	198.57/cwt	85.00–210.00	1,164	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	776	8

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 Jan 5, 2024

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

Receipts 79Last week 102Year ago 95

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 47, Bulls 22)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	130.00	130.00
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
4	—	534	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	117.50	117.50
2	—	583	187.50	187.50
1	—	625	100.00	100.00
1	—	670	125.00	125.00
2	—	448	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	165.00	165.00
5	—	426	170.00–177.50	175.97
2	—	568	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	130.00	130.00
2	—	560	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	140.00	140.00
2	—	528	165.00	165.00
5	—	480	185.00	185.00
11	—	586	85.00–210.00	198.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	347	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	531	87.50–175.00	152.97
1	—	390	185.00	185.00
5	—	448	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	431	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	207.50	207.50
2	—	740	200.00	200.00

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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