Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2020-05-01

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2020-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-01

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, May 1

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174

← Apr 3May 1Jun 5 →

Receipts

92 head

▲ 92 vs last sale 0▲ 92 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 45, Bulls 15)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.22/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$122.22

45 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$71

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

$5.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.00

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	467	125.23	585	19thin
Medium and Large 3	419	121.10	507	10thin
Medium and Large 1	550	119.34	656	16thin

One grade step is worth $5.88/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale45 hd

122.22

—

VA average9 barns · 1,665 hd

120.22

+2.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	360	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	511	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	387	145.97/cwt	140.00–149.00	565	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	589	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	656	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	138.56/cwt	133.00–144.00	672	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	138.35/cwt	129.00–143.00	729	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	543	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	749	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	552	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	762	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	867	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	779	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	902	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	275	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	374	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	338	126.99/cwt	126.00–128.00	429	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	366	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	487	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	388	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	489	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	550	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	433	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	489	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	552	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	488	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	586	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	571	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	519	120.32/cwt	119.00–120.75	624	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	627	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	554	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	676	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	710	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	647	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	757	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	703	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	320	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	472	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	393	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	519	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	414	146.96/cwt	138.00–150.00	608	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	568	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	435	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	552	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	651	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	563	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	698	2

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Culpeper, VA

Fri May 1, 2020

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

Receipts 92Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 45, Bulls 15)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	132.00	132.00
4	—	414	138.00–150.00	146.96
2	—	525	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	147.50	147.50
1	—	435	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	124.00	124.00
2	—	430	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	149.00	149.00
4	—	685	126.50	126.50
3	—	552	138.00	138.00
2	—	443	148.00	148.00
4	—	781	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	109.00	109.00
3	—	527	129.00–143.00	138.35
3	—	387	140.00–149.00	145.97
2	—	485	133.00–144.00	138.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	140.00	140.00
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
1	—	360	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	543	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	126.00	126.00
1	—	710	99.00	99.00
3	—	623	114.00	114.00
3	—	525	119.50	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	554	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	647	117.00	117.00
5	—	433	127.00	127.00
2	—	475	122.00	122.00
4	—	519	119.00–120.75	120.32
1	—	275	136.00	136.00
4	—	366	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	113.00	113.00
2	—	338	126.00–128.00	126.99
3	—	388	126.00	126.00
1	—	505	113.00	113.00
2	—	488	120.00	120.00

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.