Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2026-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 110, Bulls 23)

Value Added and some Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $487.81/cwt on 35 head, down $0.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +8.06 against this barn's trailing median of $479.76.

Average price

$487.81

▼ 0.17 vs prior sale

35 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$430

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$71.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.44

vs VA average

+6.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	495.27	2,690	31
Medium and Large 2	515	450.00	2,318	1thin
Small 1	534	423.33	2,259	3thin

One grade step is worth $71.94/cwt here — about $430 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

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 sale35 hd

487.81

—

VA average8 barns · 436 hd

467.38

+20.44

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+6.79

This barn, trailing median5 sales

479.76

+8.06

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

61 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	300–350	305	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,366	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	347.53/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,182	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	568	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,329	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	919	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,895	10
Steers	Small 1	500–550	513	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,309	2
Steers	Small 1Natural	300–350	340	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,462	3
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	575	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,128	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	640	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,144	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	470	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	486	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,333	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	4
Heifers	Small 1Natural	350–400	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	640	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	360	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,890	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,049	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	481.79/cwt	405.00–500.00	2,134	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	333.45/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,527	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	374.85/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,586	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,073	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	356.49/cwt	300.00–370.00	1,551	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	540	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,754	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	450.98/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,993	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	486.79/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,624	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,315	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	422.48/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,261	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,779	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	481.62/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	250–300	295	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,254	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	1000–1050	1,020	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	670	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	405.50/cwt	405.00–407.50	2,145	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,122	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	350–400	385	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	443	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	391.41/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	475	519.75/cwt	355.00–542.50	2,469	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	350–400	359	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,687	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,298	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	415	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,152	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,285	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	490	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,291	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	487.91/cwt	350.00–520.00	1,810	5

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 May 1, 2026

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

Receipts 261Last week 199Year ago 271

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 110, Bulls 23)

Value Added and some 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	300–350	305	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	375	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	520	455.00	455.00
2	600–650	628	345.00–350.00	347.53
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	640	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
4	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	413	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	469	490.00	490.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	385	385.00	385.00
10	550–600	568	410.00	410.00
2	1000–1050	1,020	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	640	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	350.00–400.00	391.41
2	400–450	423	350.00–400.00	374.85
3	450–500	482	425.00	425.00
1	550–600	575	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	658	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	435	300.00–370.00	356.49
3	450–500	458	300.00–350.00	333.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	264	425.00	425.00
5	350–400	378	450.00	450.00
11	400–450	442	430.00–465.00	450.98
4	450–500	465	425.00	425.00
10	500–550	529	405.00–407.50	405.50
1	600–650	630	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	429.00	429.00
3	600–650	603	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	670	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	359	470.00	470.00
5	400–450	443	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	900–950	919	315.00	315.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	513	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	575	370.00	370.00
Steers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	486	480.00	480.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	525.00	525.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	360.00	360.00
5	350–400	371	350.00–520.00	487.91
5	400–450	443	405.00–500.00	481.79
1	500–550	515	450.00	450.00
1	850–900	850	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	540	510.00	510.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	450.00	450.00
5	450–500	454	510.00	510.00
16	500–550	539	485.00–500.00	486.79
3	550–600	577	475.00–485.00	481.62
2	600–650	615	420.00–425.00	422.48
5	650–700	650	427.50	427.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	475	355.00–542.50	519.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	448	510.00	510.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	467.50	467.50

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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