Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 44, Bulls 4)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Some lots are Virginia Quality Assure (VQA)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.91/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −75.44 against this barn's trailing median of $384.35.

Average price

$308.91

16 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,079

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

$163.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.33

vs VA average

−38.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	580	328.33	1,904	12thin
Medium and Large 1	530	327.50	1,736	1thin
Medium and Large 2	533	255.00	1,358	2thin
Small 1	500	165.00	825	1thin

One grade step is worth $163.33/cwt here — about $1,079 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.42, low $334.55, median $384.35 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

308.91

—

VA average6 barns · 189 hd

331.23

−22.33

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−38.59

This barn, trailing median5 sales

384.35

−75.44

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

28 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	600–650	640	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	335.82/cwt	285.00–345.00	1,535	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,305	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,386	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	500	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	825	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	543	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	704	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,059	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,158	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,477	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	530	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	571	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,956	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,450	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,620	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	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 Aug 1, 2025

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

Receipts 91Last week 90Year ago 217

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 44, Bulls 4)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Some lots are Virginia Quality Assure (VQA)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	555	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	640	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	457	285.00–345.00	335.82
2	650–700	650	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	763	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	327.50	327.50
5	700–750	704	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	571	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	670	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	342.50	342.50
1	450–500	485	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	505	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	560	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	635	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	598	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	473	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	474	385.00	385.00
1	750–800	785	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	710	345.00	345.00
3	750–800	760	335.00	335.00
2	800–850	838	275.00	275.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	543	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	568	380.00	380.00
12	650–700	665	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	310.00	310.00

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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