Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 106, Bulls 44)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Some lots Virginia Quality Assured (VQA)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.63/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −58.72 against this barn's trailing median of $384.35.

Average price

$325.63

19 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$23.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.02

vs VA average

−43.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	332.27	1,840	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	535	330.00	1,766	3thin
Medium and Large 2	566	308.40	1,745	5thin

One grade step is worth $23.87/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale19 hd

325.63

—

VA average7 barns · 386 hd

321.61

+4.02

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−43.28

This barn, trailing median5 sales

384.35

−58.72

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

64 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 2Value Added	350–400	362	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,140	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,486	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	356.91/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,976	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,706	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,968	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	486	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,823	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	652	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,191	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	329.06/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,080	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	389.86/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,109	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,093	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,220	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,019	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,625	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,123	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	420	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,596	2
Steers	Small 1	800–850	825	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,578	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	668	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,670	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	440	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,869	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	908	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,906	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	686	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,319	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	554	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,856	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	314	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,146	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	100–150	147	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,327	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	450–500	486	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	831	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	350–400	362	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	300–350	308	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,201	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	552	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	976	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,879	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	325.26/cwt	200.00–385.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	505	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	335.59/cwt	300.00–347.50	1,624	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	936	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,200	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	816	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,807	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,649	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	748	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,543	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	625	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,094	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	523	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,066	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 Oct 3, 2025

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

Receipts 226Last week 458Year ago 362

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 106, Bulls 44)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Some lots Virginia Quality Assured (VQA)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	425.00	425.00
4	400–450	431	355.00–357.50	356.91
1	450–500	485	150.00	150.00
2	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	675	309.00	309.00
1	700–750	710	282.50	282.50
4	900–950	936	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	558	335.00	335.00
6	600–650	641	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	673	311.00	311.00
3	700–750	732	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	795	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	180.00	180.00
1	450–500	475	175.00	175.00
2	550–600	553	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	552	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	414	392.50	392.50
5	450–500	469	360.00	360.00
4	550–600	553	327.50	327.50
5	650–700	656	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	486	375.00	375.00
22	650–700	652	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	686	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	554	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	486	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	484	300.00–347.50	335.59
4	550–600	581	328.00	328.00
2	700–750	740	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	805	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	390.00	390.00
3	350–400	362	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	432	395.00	395.00
11	450–500	494	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	470	340.00	340.00
10	500–550	541	375.00–400.00	389.86
4	600–650	632	315.00–340.00	329.06
1	700–750	740	295.00	295.00
1	1200–1250	1,220	190.00	190.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	668	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	825	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	908	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	147	140.00	140.00
1	300–350	325	175.00	175.00
2	450–500	478	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	200.00–385.00	325.26
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	530	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	675	300.00	300.00
5	800–850	816	344.00	344.00
4	950–1000	976	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	748	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	395.00	395.00
6	600–650	625	335.00	335.00

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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