Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2020-02-07

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Feb 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174
Receipts
165 head
▲ 165 vs last sale 0▲ 165 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 59, Bulls 19)

Value Added and Natural 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 $142.53/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$142.53
87 head · 675 lb average
Value per head Derived
$962
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$148
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$34.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.48
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2507156.007917thin
Medium and Large 2527152.578047thin
Medium and Large 1704140.5399072
Small 1770122.009391thin
One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about −$148 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 sale87 hd
142.53
—
VA average10 barns · 1,285 hd
148.01
−5.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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 2350165.00/cwt165.00–165.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 2450165.00/cwt165.00–165.007433
Steers—Medium and Large 1495165.00/cwt165.00–165.008173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507156.00/cwt156.00–156.007917
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added573130.00/cwt130.00–130.007452
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural621149.00/cwt149.00–149.009259
Steers—Medium and Large 2663136.00/cwt136.00–136.009023
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural683144.00/cwt144.00–144.009846
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural723139.44/cwt138.50–140.001,00845
Steers—Small 1770122.00/cwt122.00–122.009391
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural835126.22/cwt125.50–126.501,0547
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373135.00/cwt135.00–135.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376136.00/cwt136.00–136.005114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added508115.00/cwt115.00–115.005846
Heifers—Small 1534112.00/cwt112.00–112.005985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663117.00/cwt117.00–117.007766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural667131.21/cwt130.00–132.5087529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural769125.00/cwt125.00–125.009614
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2382144.98/cwt140.00–146.005546
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430143.00/cwt143.00–143.006154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453145.00/cwt145.00–145.006572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535126.00/cwt126.00–126.006741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1551140.00/cwt140.00–140.007715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630128.00/cwt128.00–128.008061

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.