Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2024-02-02

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Feb 2
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174
Receipts
144 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 79▲ 13 vs year ago 131 · +9.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 35, Bulls 6)

Most Natural 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 $244.06/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$244.06
103 head · 658 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$204
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small 1
$65.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.13
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3433270.001,1693thin
Medium and Large 2540250.001,3501thin
Medium and Large 1677248.141,68145
Medium and Large 1-2660241.841,59650
Medium and Large 3582205.001,1933thin
Small 1670205.001,3741thin
One grade step is worth $65.00/cwt here — about −$204 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 sale103 hd
244.06
—
VA average9 barns · 960 hd
249.19
−5.13
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1385292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1263
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added433270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1693
Steers—Medium and Large 1440265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1661
Steers—Medium and Large 1463285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3204
Steers—Medium and Large 2540250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3501
Steers—Medium and Large 1548255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,37510
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added582205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1933
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added606260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5765
Steers—Medium and Large 1625260.82/cwt256.00–266.001,6306
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added636253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,60924
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural643250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6083
Steers—Small 1670205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3741
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural757240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,81712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,68316
Steers—Medium and Large 1775225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7441
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural878220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9322
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural1,131176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,9914
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365225.00/cwt225.00–225.008211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567227.85/cwt217.50–233.001,2923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620213.04/cwt200.00–220.001,3219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Natural710195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural754210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5838
Heifers—Small 1Natural840175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural855187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,6031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural1,078161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,7362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural1,295173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,2401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1778176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,3692

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.