Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 275, Heifers 154, Bulls 29)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $406.70/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −73.06 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$406.70

59 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,225

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$448

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

$108.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.65

vs VA average

−9.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	425.60	2,289	29
Medium and Large 1	555	412.13	2,287	17thin
Medium and Large 2	538	383.96	2,066	7thin
Small 1	585	375.00	2,194	1thin
Medium and Large 3	581	316.77	1,840	5thin

One grade step is worth $108.83/cwt here — about $448 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.98, low $397.85, median $479.76 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 sale59 hd

406.70

—

VA average7 barns · 295 hd

417.35

−10.65

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

−9.83

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

−73.06

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

77 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	650–700	654	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,567	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	582	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,555	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	339.98/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,635	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	317.71/cwt	297.50–347.50	2,164	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	317.27/cwt	305.00–335.00	2,586	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,484	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	561	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,182	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,601	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,194	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,946	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,213	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,255	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	349.51/cwt	349.00–350.00	1,982	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	362.21/cwt	320.00–369.00	1,681	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	283.65/cwt	275.00–287.00	2,244	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	313.03/cwt	290.00–317.50	3,049	18
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	563	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,520	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	2
Steers	Small 1	750–800	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	580	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	294.45/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,105	9
Steers	Small 1Natural	450–500	488	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,074	4
Steers	Small 1Value Added	550–600	585	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,194	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	700	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,135	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	640	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,901	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,201	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,297	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	397	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,330	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	600–650	620	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,434	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	511	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,929	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	700–750	723	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	600–650	603	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,111	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	620	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,511	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	337.41/cwt	315.00–360.00	2,116	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,911	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	383.96/cwt	345.00–390.00	2,066	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,175	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	581	316.77/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,840	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	372.55/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,919	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,259	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	361.72/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,279	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	360.60/cwt	285.00–367.50	1,597	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	566	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,193	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	509	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,005	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,218	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	731	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,749	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	566	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,448	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	792	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	407.29/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,269	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	768	377.98/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,903	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	405	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	571	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,158	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	670	383.74/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,571	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	436.29/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,072	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 Sep 5, 2025

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

Receipts 458Last week 91Year ago 376

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 275, Heifers 154, Bulls 29)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	475	425.00–440.00	436.29
3	500–550	520	422.00	422.00
11	550–600	557	390.00–410.00	407.29
7	600–650	641	387.50	387.50
10	650–700	654	392.50	392.50
6	700–750	743	350.00	350.00
25	750–800	775	325.00–350.00	339.98
10	800–850	815	305.00–335.00	317.27
1	850–900	890	322.50	322.50
2	900–950	938	310.00	310.00
18	950–1000	974	290.00–317.50	313.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	582	420.00	420.00
8	650–700	670	380.00–385.00	383.74
3	750–800	792	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	525	422.50	422.50
13	650–700	655	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	360.00	360.00
28	750–800	768	375.00–380.00	377.98
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	700	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	750	315.00	315.00
Steers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	425.00	425.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	440.00	440.00
4	450–500	460	407.50	407.50
7	500–550	538	345.00–390.00	383.96
3	600–650	630	355.00–375.00	361.72
1	750–800	750	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	620	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	405.00	405.00
5	550–600	581	310.00–332.50	316.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	723	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	620	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	566	432.50	432.50
38	700–750	731	376.00	376.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	320.00–369.00	362.21
5	500–550	519	375.00	375.00
16	550–600	567	349.00–350.00	349.51
1	600–650	600	310.00	310.00
6	650–700	681	297.50–347.50	317.71
9	700–750	715	290.00–295.00	294.45
7	750–800	791	275.00–287.00	283.65
1	800–850	835	270.00	270.00
2	900–950	925	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	561	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	200.00	200.00
2	450–500	460	200.00	200.00
4	550–600	563	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	397	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	511	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	603	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	443	285.00–367.50	360.60
6	500–550	542	352.50	352.50
1	550–600	580	345.00	345.00
17	600–650	627	315.00–360.00	337.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	580	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	415.00	415.00
4	550–600	566	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	509	394.00	394.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	571	378.00	378.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	455.00	455.00
2	300–350	348	480.00	480.00
4	450–500	458	415.00	415.00
4	500–550	543	407.50	407.50
2	600–650	630	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	660	355.00	355.00
1	800–850	815	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	640	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
2	550–600	585	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	630	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	370.00	370.00
4	500–550	515	370.00–375.00	372.55
1	650–700	650	347.50	347.50

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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