Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2024-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 35, Bulls 6)

Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $244.06/cwt on 103 head.

Average price

$244.06

103 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$204

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

$65.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.13

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	433	270.00	1,169	3thin
Medium and Large 2	540	250.00	1,350	1thin
Medium and Large 1	677	248.14	1,681	45
Medium and Large 1-2	660	241.84	1,596	50
Medium and Large 3	582	205.00	1,193	3thin
Small 1	670	205.00	1,374	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.00/cwt here — about −$204 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 sale103 hd

244.06

—

VA average9 barns · 960 hd

249.19

−5.13

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

37 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	—	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	778	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,308	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	757	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,817	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	582	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,193	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	606	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,576	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	260.82/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,630	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	1,131	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,991	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	643	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,397	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	636	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,609	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,320	4
Steers	Small 1	—	670	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	765	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,683	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	433	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,169	3
Heifers	Small 1Natural	—	840	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	878	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,126	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	710	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	1,295	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	754	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,583	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	227.85/cwt	217.50–233.00	1,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	213.04/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,321	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	855	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	1,078	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,287	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 Feb 2, 2024

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

Receipts 144Last week 79Year ago 131

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 35, Bulls 6)

Most 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	—	645	200.00	200.00
1	—	680	185.00	185.00
2	—	778	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	185.00	185.00
1	—	440	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	227.50	227.50
3	—	507	227.50	227.50
9	—	620	200.00–220.00	213.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	225.00	225.00
1	—	445	240.00	240.00
1	—	325	250.00	250.00
3	—	567	217.50–233.00	227.85
2	—	613	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	173.00	173.00
8	—	754	210.00	210.00
1	—	855	187.50	187.50
2	—	1,078	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	757	240.00	240.00
4	—	1,131	176.00	176.00
3	—	643	250.00	250.00
2	—	878	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	606	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	625	256.00–266.00	260.82
4	—	548	255.00	255.00
4	—	463	285.00	285.00
1	—	775	225.00	225.00
1	—	440	265.00	265.00
3	—	385	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	550	250.00	250.00
24	—	636	253.00	253.00
16	—	765	220.00	220.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	250.00	250.00

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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