Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2024-11-01

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Nov 1
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174
Receipts
349 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 362▲ 16 vs year ago 333 · +4.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 172, Heifers 159, Bulls 18)

Value Added 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 $273.28/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −164.81 against this barn's trailing median of $438.08.
Average price
$273.28
82 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,460
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$42.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.40
vs VA average
−27.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510287.851,46936
Medium and Large 1555263.411,46142
Medium and Large 2538245.751,3224thin
One grade step is worth $42.10/cwt here — about $147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale82 hd
273.28
—
VA average8 barns · 431 hd
259.88
+13.40
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
−27.41
This barn, trailing median7 sales
438.08
−164.81
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

59 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Natural378282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0664
Steers400–450Small 1Value Added432230.00/cwt230.00–230.009943
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2456255.79/cwt236.00–260.001,1666
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2043
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Natural502296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,48626
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532266.67/cwt250.00–278.001,41910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534269.22/cwt252.00–276.001,43817
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538245.75/cwt245.00–246.001,3224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural568258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,46520
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572265.28/cwt250.00–269.001,5175
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3851
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616253.58/cwt240.00–257.001,5625
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added643245.40/cwt245.00–246.001,5785
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added650245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5934
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6094
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5885
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5591
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,77111
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737222.31/cwt220.00–228.001,6386
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,87427
Steers750–800Small 1790187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,4811
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added962224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,1553
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245200.00/cwt200.00–200.004901
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3255207.50/cwt207.50–207.505291
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265230.00/cwt230.00–230.006101
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2288247.50/cwt247.50–247.507132
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3Natural333252.50/cwt252.50–252.508412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1348259.00/cwt259.00–259.009014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350255.00/cwt255.00–255.008931
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420220.00/cwt220.00–220.009242
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Natural426259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,10318
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430217.50/cwt217.50–217.509353
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2457234.18/cwt222.50–235.001,07016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1009
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3Value Added545248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,35210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2549244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,3408
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2551227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural560233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,30513
Heifers550–600Small 1570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3115
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625177.16/cwt165.00–214.001,1078
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4474
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2649235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,52520
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4273
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679225.67/cwt215.00–228.001,53211
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720211.18/cwt200.00–226.001,5203
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2743207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,5422
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Natural805212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,7071
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,005175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7591
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250280.00/cwt280.00–280.007001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2Value Added273280.00/cwt280.00–280.007642
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0893
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,2201
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540238.50/cwt237.50–239.001,2883
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1543245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3302
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2644225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4495
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3601

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.