Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2023-07-14

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Jul 14
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174
Receipts
266 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 280▼ 6 vs year ago 272 · −2.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 105, Bulls 4)

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 $236.91/cwt on 157 head.
Average price
$236.91
157 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,411
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$364
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.96
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2566240.381,36179
Medium and Large 1-2625235.001,46921
Medium and Large 1628233.231,46456
Medium and Large 3475210.009981thin
One grade step is worth $30.38/cwt here — about $364 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 sale157 hd
236.91
—
VA average10 barns · 1,859 hd
227.95
+8.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2358217.00/cwt217.00–217.007772
Steers—Medium and Large 2448250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1208
Steers—Medium and Large 2468245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1473
Steers—Medium and Large 3475210.00/cwt210.00–210.009981
Steers—Medium and Large 1510237.16/cwt230.00–239.001,2105
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added530210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1136
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added538248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,33415
Steers—Medium and Large 2543248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,34728
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added570237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3786
Steers—Medium and Large 2585238.77/cwt237.50–240.001,3978
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,47812
Steers—Medium and Large 1641244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,56415
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added649241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5647
Steers—Medium and Large 1658232.50/cwt166.00–239.001,53020
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added660160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0561
Steers—Medium and Large 2685240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6442
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added725229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6602
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added744214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5929
Steers—Medium and Large 2750213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,5982
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5643
Steers—Medium and Large 2945177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,6771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3353177.50/cwt177.50–177.506272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2357224.00/cwt224.00–224.008003
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3456235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465212.00/cwt212.00–212.009862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added472229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2489226.48/cwt220.00–228.001,10725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516238.39/cwt238.00–239.001,23016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1031
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543201.15/cwt192.50–204.001,0928
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3494
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added618229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2653208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,35810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2752
Heifers—Small 1685197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,3531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added695212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2850168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,4281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425235.00/cwt235.00–235.009991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0011
Bulls—Medium and Large 3560160.00/cwt160.00–160.008961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1581

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.