Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2019-09-20

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Sep 20
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174
Receipts
110 head
▼ 295 vs last sale 405▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Culpeper Eastern Virginia Cattlemen's Association (EVCA) Feeder Cattle Sale.

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 41, Bulls 18)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.27/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$125.27
49 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$726
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 3
$23.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.98
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3416130.5054310thin
Medium and Large 1-2634128.7681614thin
Medium and Large 1644123.8679714thin
Medium and Large 2600118.9071410thin
Medium and Large 3350107.503761thin
One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about $167 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 sale49 hd
125.27
—
VA average10 barns · 1,219 hd
127.25
−1.98
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3350107.50/cwt107.50–107.503761
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3416130.50/cwt130.50–130.5054310
Steers—Medium and Large 1440131.00/cwt131.00–131.005763
Steers—Medium and Large 2450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005854
Steers—Medium and Large 1519125.00/cwt125.00–125.006494
Steers—Medium and Large 2540124.50/cwt124.50–124.506722
Steers—Medium and Large 2563100.00/cwt100.00–100.005632
Steers—Medium and Large 1625121.00/cwt121.00–121.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634128.76/cwt128.00–129.5081614
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added832120.00/cwt120.00–120.009986
Steers—Medium and Large 2998110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0982
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275120.00/cwt120.00–120.003301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325101.00/cwt101.00–101.003281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395117.00/cwt117.00–117.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425102.00/cwt102.00–102.004341
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468114.00/cwt114.00–114.005343
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520115.00/cwt115.00–115.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524113.00/cwt113.00–113.005927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1641106.62/cwt105.00–107.006835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added695114.00/cwt114.00–114.0079214
Heifers—Medium and Large 188188.00/cwt88.00–88.007754
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 139590.00/cwt90.00–90.003561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426127.00/cwt127.00–127.005415
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478117.00/cwt117.00–117.005592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545100.00/cwt100.00–100.005451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1638110.50/cwt110.50–110.507056
Bulls—Medium and Large 172091.00/cwt91.00–91.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 184893.00/cwt93.00–93.007892

This sale against other markets

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.