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Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2023-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-01

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Sep 1

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174

← Aug 4Sep 1Oct 6 →

Receipts

411 head

▲ 192 vs last sale 219▲ 5 vs year ago 406 · +1.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 200, Heifers 168, Bulls 43)

Value Added 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 $233.42/cwt on 200 head.

Average price

$233.42

200 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,429

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$637

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

$87.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.46

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	642	242.07	1,554	55
Medium and Large 1	628	234.27	1,471	97
Medium and Large 2	550	228.05	1,253	43
Medium and Large 3	428	188.75	807	2thin
Small 1	594	154.33	916	3thin

One grade step is worth $87.74/cwt here — about $637 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 sale200 hd

233.42

—

VA average7 barns · 835 hd

233.88

−0.46

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

Every lot

75 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	355	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	630	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	868	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	219.83/cwt	217.50–221.00	868	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	454	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	972	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	243.75/cwt	241.00–244.00	1,119	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	500	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,000	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	519	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,038	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,357	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	243.02/cwt	197.50–247.00	1,303	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	546	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,365	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	553	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,244	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	561	223.90/cwt	205.00–226.00	1,256	10
Steers	—	Small 1Value Added	568	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	903	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	570	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,123	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,269	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	620	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,333	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	239.53/cwt	200.00–243.00	1,507	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	643	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,479	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	30
Steers	—	Small 1	645	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	935	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,584	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	688	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,658	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	694	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,579	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,691	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	730	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,716	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	741	224.74/cwt	224.00–227.00	1,665	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	753	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,619	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	766	227.78/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,745	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	200.50/cwt	170.00–221.00	1,634	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	903	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,783	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,919	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	945	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,866	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	955	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,838	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	353	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	724	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	201.44/cwt	185.00–210.00	725	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	428	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	792	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	448	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	945	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	207.13/cwt	185.00–219.00	945	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,159	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,118	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	950	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,099	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	542	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,165	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	546	220.45/cwt	212.00–221.00	1,204	16
Heifers	—	Small 1	550	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,004	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,224	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	220.22/cwt	207.50–228.00	1,357	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,277	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	624	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,342	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	627	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,430	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	643	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	965	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,484	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,486	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	712	221.65/cwt	200.00–224.00	1,578	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	713	193.03/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,376	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,428	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,568	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	895	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,275	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	360	180.07/cwt	175.00–185.00	648	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	377	177.69/cwt	166.00–215.00	670	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	380	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	855	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	416	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	961	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	442	218.53/cwt	217.50–223.00	966	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	512	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,024	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	517	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,174	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	547	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,149	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	563	156.28/cwt	155.00–157.50	880	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	643	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,302	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,097	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	673	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,245	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	698	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,222	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	740	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,258	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 Sep 1, 2023

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

Receipts 411Last week 219Year ago 406

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 200, Heifers 168, Bulls 43)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	250.00	250.00
12	—	706	239.50	239.50
4	—	674	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	815	170.00–221.00	200.50
4	—	741	224.00–227.00	224.74
2	—	694	227.50	227.50
24	—	536	197.50–247.00	243.02
12	—	629	200.00–243.00	239.53
12	—	459	241.00–244.00	243.75
1	—	590	215.00	215.00
1	—	390	222.50	222.50
1	—	955	192.50	192.50
1	—	925	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	197.50	197.50
3	—	395	217.50–221.00	219.83
10	—	561	205.00–226.00	223.90
8	—	454	214.00	214.00
3	—	753	215.00	215.00
3	—	643	230.00	230.00
12	—	530	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	225.00	225.00
5	—	620	215.00	215.00
3	—	730	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	688	241.00	241.00
3	—	903	197.50	197.50
5	—	766	225.00–230.00	227.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	645	250.00	250.00
5	—	519	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	200.00	200.00
1	—	355	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	207.50	207.50
13	—	685	217.00	217.00
12	—	456	185.00–219.00	207.13
2	—	725	197.00	197.00
1	—	895	142.50	142.50
16	—	546	212.00–221.00	220.45
11	—	616	207.50–228.00	220.22
3	—	360	185.00–210.00	201.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	712	200.00–224.00	221.65
11	—	627	228.00	228.00
3	—	542	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	353	205.00	205.00
10	—	526	209.00	209.00
7	—	448	211.00	211.00
6	—	624	215.00	215.00
2	—	713	190.00–196.00	193.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	150.00	150.00
3	—	525	181.00	181.00
2	—	428	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	651	228.00	228.00
4	—	513	218.00	218.00
3	—	623	205.00	205.00
7	—	485	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	750	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	230.00	230.00
2	—	643	202.50	202.50
6	—	517	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	231.00	231.00
2	—	380	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	170.00	170.00
1	—	500	135.00	135.00
2	—	563	155.00–157.50	156.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	170.00	170.00
4	—	377	166.00–215.00	177.69
2	—	673	185.00	185.00
3	—	547	210.00	210.00
5	—	442	217.50–223.00	218.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	698	175.00	175.00
3	—	512	200.00	200.00
2	—	360	175.00–185.00	180.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	140.00	140.00

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.