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Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Thu, Dec 5

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174

← Nov 1Dec 5Feb 7 →

Receipts

113 head

▼ 236 vs last sale 349▲ 11 vs year ago 102 · +10.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 42, Bulls 22)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $276.20/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −161.88 against this barn's trailing median of $438.08.

Average price

$276.20

10 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.48

vs VA average

−49.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	276.20	1,525	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

276.20

—

VA average7 barns · 442 hd

282.68

−6.48

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−49.17

This barn, trailing median7 sales

438.08

−161.88

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

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

32 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,216	2
Steers	450–500	Small 1	495	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,324	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,514	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,531	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,543	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,675	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	244.55/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,795	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,880	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,106	4
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,010	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,141	13
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,075	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,989	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	348	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	731	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	754	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,003	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,240	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,295	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	247.77/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,323	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	896	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	219.33/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,375	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,675	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,577	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,015	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,776	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	924	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,063	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,202	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,199	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,019	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,423	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,401	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,627	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,620	3

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

Thu Dec 5, 2024

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

Receipts 113Last week 349Year ago 102

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 42, Bulls 22)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	267.00	267.00
2	500–550	543	262.00	262.00
1	550–600	555	252.50	252.50
2	650–700	675	241.00	241.00
3	750–800	750	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	280.00	280.00
2	350–400	373	285.00	285.00
3	400–450	447	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	536	282.50	282.50
6	550–600	563	272.00	272.00
7	600–650	632	265.00	265.00
9	700–750	734	244.00–245.00	244.55
4	900–950	940	224.00	224.00
13	1000–1050	1,010	212.00	212.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	800	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	287.50	287.50
1	600–650	610	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	522	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	212.50	212.50
4	400–450	436	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	560	160.00	160.00
1	650–700	670	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	498	249.00	249.00
10	500–550	534	247.00–249.00	247.77
10	600–650	627	212.00–224.00	219.33
1	800–850	830	190.00	190.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	210.00	210.00

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.