Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2022-11-04

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Nov 4
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174
Receipts
406 head
▼ 230 vs last sale 636▼ 254 vs year ago 660 · −38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 195, Heifers 172, Bulls 39)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccianted

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.57/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$155.57
193 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$921
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 3
$70.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.55
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3395173.0068319thin
Medium and Large 1-2646159.021,027100
Medium and Large 1577156.3690242
Medium and Large 2594146.0586722
Small 1537108.005805thin
Medium and Large 3445103.004595thin
One grade step is worth $70.00/cwt here — about $225 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 sale193 hd
155.57
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VA average10 barns · 1,512 hd
162.12
−6.55
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

73 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1325110.00/cwt110.00–110.003581
Steers—Medium and Large 3332110.00/cwt110.00–110.003653
Steers—Medium and Large 2380145.00/cwt145.00–145.005511
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3Natural395173.00/cwt173.00–173.0068319
Steers—Medium and Large 2458166.00/cwt166.00–166.007604
Steers—Small 1465107.50/cwt107.50–107.505001
Steers—Medium and Large 1467174.00/cwt174.00–174.0081313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural469183.00/cwt183.00–183.0085827
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514157.00/cwt157.00–157.008078
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516164.00/cwt164.00–164.008469
Steers—Medium and Large 3535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
Steers—Medium and Large 2542157.00/cwt157.00–157.008519
Steers—Medium and Large 1554154.00/cwt154.00–154.0085313
Steers—Medium and Large 1627155.00/cwt155.00–155.0097210
Steers—Small 1632107.50/cwt107.50–107.506793
Steers—Medium and Large 2658130.00/cwt130.00–130.008555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660140.50/cwt140.00–141.0092720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0315
Steers—Medium and Large 369575.00/cwt75.00–75.005211
Steers—Medium and Large 1718121.79/cwt109.00–126.008744
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0374
Steers—Medium and Large 2785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008641
Steers—Medium and Large 1865136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added872152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,32527
Steers—Medium and Large 2895121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0831
Steers—Medium and Large 1960130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2481
Steers—Medium and Large 21,000110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318125.00/cwt125.00–125.003986
Heifers—Small 134585.00/cwt85.00–85.002931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370122.36/cwt117.50–125.004533
Heifers—Small 137075.00/cwt75.00–75.002781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Natural37555.00/cwt55.00–55.002061
Heifers—Medium and Large 3388108.00/cwt108.00–108.004193
Heifers—Medium and Large 239075.00/cwt75.00–75.002931
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Natural409160.00/cwt160.00–160.0065415
Heifers—Medium and Large 241575.00/cwt75.00–75.003112
Heifers—Small 1425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural458155.00/cwt155.00–155.007106
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465142.74/cwt125.00–149.0066421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466144.00/cwt144.00–144.0067115
Heifers—Small 148885.00/cwt85.00–85.004153
Heifers—Small 1520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530126.49/cwt126.00–127.006702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563140.00/cwt140.00–140.0078813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563132.00/cwt132.00–132.007435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580145.00/cwt145.00–145.008415
Heifers—Medium and Large 3584119.00/cwt119.00–119.006954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623138.00/cwt138.00–138.008604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636132.00/cwt132.00–132.0084016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2648110.00/cwt110.00–110.007133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655101.00/cwt101.00–101.006621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665137.00/cwt137.00–137.009116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680118.00/cwt118.00–118.008021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added705107.50/cwt107.50–107.507581
Heifers—Medium and Large 2715116.53/cwt112.00–121.008332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,03423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720123.00/cwt123.00–123.008862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1913120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0962
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2308110.00/cwt110.00–110.003393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1342115.00/cwt115.00–115.003933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350120.00/cwt120.00–120.004201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375100.00/cwt100.00–100.003751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006213
Bulls—Small 146071.00/cwt71.00–71.003272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473146.00/cwt146.00–146.006914
Bulls—Small 151775.00/cwt75.00–75.003883
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573127.00/cwt127.00–127.007288
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605132.00/cwt132.00–132.007992
Bulls—Medium and Large 3630122.00/cwt122.00–122.007692
Bulls—Small 172077.14/cwt60.00–95.005552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1760116.00/cwt116.00–116.008822
Bulls—Small 188065.00/cwt65.00–65.005721
Bulls—Medium and Large 289277.00/cwt77.00–77.006871

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.