Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2023-02-03

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2023-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-03

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Feb 3

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174

← Jan 6Feb 3Mar 3 →

Receipts

131 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 95▼ 40 vs year ago 171 · −23.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder (Steers 78, Heifers 41, Bulls 12)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.97/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$165.97

78 head · 652 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,082

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$177

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

$17.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.81

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	179.43	947	7thin
Medium and Large 1	643	166.45	1,070	41
Medium and Large 1-2	693	162.17	1,124	30

One grade step is worth $17.26/cwt here — about −$177 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 sale78 hd

165.97

—

VA average8 barns · 782 hd

178.78

−12.81

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

Every lot

39 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	181.75/cwt	172.50–185.00	865	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	893	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	549	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	939	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	992	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	565	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	966	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	619	170.22/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,054	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	653	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,064	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,051	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	163.15/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,167	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	717	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,147	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	735	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,169	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,240	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	834	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,243	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,115	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,505	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	437	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	669	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	785	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	536	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	681	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	131.09/cwt	123.00–135.00	711	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	678	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	633	82.79/cwt	65.00–101.00	524	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	915	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	858	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	978	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	960	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,306	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	990	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,218	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,103	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,489	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	325	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	642	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	400	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	720	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	495	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	812	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	533	144.92/cwt	129.00–161.00	772	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	570	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	889	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	794	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	712	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,018	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	775	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	984	1

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 Feb 3, 2023

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

Receipts 131Last week 95Year ago 171

State Graded Feeder (Steers 78, Heifers 41, Bulls 12)

Value Added and 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	—	325	197.50	197.50
1	—	570	156.00	156.00
1	—	620	128.00	128.00
1	—	775	127.00	127.00
2	—	533	129.00–161.00	144.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	180.00	180.00
1	—	495	164.00	164.00
3	—	712	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	653	161.00	161.00
1	—	805	154.00	154.00
8	—	715	156.00–166.00	163.15
1	—	1,115	135.00	135.00
4	—	476	172.50–185.00	181.75
7	—	549	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	554	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	619	163.00–171.00	170.22
3	—	735	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	834	149.00	149.00
15	—	717	160.00	160.00
5	—	565	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	163.00	163.00
1	—	535	167.00	167.00
3	—	400	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	123.00	123.00
1	—	445	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,103	135.00	135.00
4	—	960	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	650	130.00	130.00
3	—	542	123.00–135.00	131.09
1	—	560	121.00	121.00
2	—	740	130.00	130.00
2	—	858	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	127.00	127.00
6	—	437	153.00	153.00
1	—	715	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	130.00	130.00
2	—	633	65.00–101.00	82.79

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.