Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2024-07-19

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Jul 19
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174
Receipts
349 head
▲ 124 vs last sale 225▲ 83 vs year ago 266 · +31.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 221, Heifers 103, Bulls 25)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $284.13/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −153.95 against this barn's trailing median of $438.08.
Average price
$284.13
48 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,550
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$551
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$91.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.91
vs VA average
−6.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539290.501,56434
Medium and Large 1572280.331,60312thin
Medium and Large 3510198.731,0142thin
One grade step is worth $91.77/cwt here — about $551 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale48 hd
284.13
—
VA average10 barns · 525 hd
279.22
+4.91
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
−6.96
This barn, trailing median7 sales
438.08
−153.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
502450398346median 438.0803/0604/1006/0509/0410/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.98, low $360.40, median $438.08 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

51 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1041
Steers350–400Small 1Value Added370245.00/cwt245.00–245.009072
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,1265
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375200.00/cwt200.00–200.007501
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1501
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2453285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2914
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456283.42/cwt267.50–287.501,2925
Steers450–500Small 1Value Added476185.00/cwt185.00–185.008812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3510198.73/cwt197.50–200.001,0142
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,55329
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added578288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,6658
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6235
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added611282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,72344
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,72224
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural671270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,81235
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712256.56/cwt255.00–257.001,82714
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2733243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7812
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added748260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9452
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural752252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,89512
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,83810
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2847245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0759
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3255242.50/cwt242.50–242.506181
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295242.50/cwt242.50–242.507151
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320185.00/cwt185.00–185.005921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0605
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,0884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3447276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,23417
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1391
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1494265.33/cwt265.00–266.001,3119
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added499268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3375
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568255.00/cwt250.00–256.001,44812
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3971
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural593260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,54213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3603217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3122
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2607247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4993
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,6145
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5522
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,63013
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6441
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2820213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,7471
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1859214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8385
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3401185.00/cwt185.00–185.007424
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2408285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1634
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,3074
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3042
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3510185.00/cwt185.00–185.009444
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,3253
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added573245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4042
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2748150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1222

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.