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Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-02

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, May 2

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174

← Apr 4May 2Jun 6 →

Receipts

271 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 236▼ 10 vs year ago 281 · −3.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 165, Heifers 76, Bulls 30)

Value Added and most Natural 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 $368.23/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −69.85 against this barn's trailing median of $438.08.

Average price

$368.23

69 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$0.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.28

vs VA average

−6.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	368.24	2,064	67
Medium and Large 2	510	368.00	1,877	2thin

One grade step is worth $0.24/cwt here — about $188 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale69 hd

368.23

—

VA average8 barns · 457 hd

362.95

+5.28

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−6.20

This barn, trailing median7 sales

438.08

−69.85

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

46 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	370	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,526	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Natural	385	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,646	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	464	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,777	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,720	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	470	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,824	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,877	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	531	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,965	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	371.13/cwt	335.00–380.00	2,078	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	580	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,129	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	603	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,156	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	345.58/cwt	315.00–357.50	2,136	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	721	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,181	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,103	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	261.67/cwt	255.00–265.00	2,381	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	938	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,055	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,354	4
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	380	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,121	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	407	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,689	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	438	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,664	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Natural	447	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,788	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	468	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,732	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,656	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	324.15/cwt	313.00–330.00	1,699	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,721	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	551	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,813	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,811	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	664	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,946	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,833	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,716	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,840	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,763	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	873	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,266	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,539	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	372.49/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,617	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,839	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	318.68/cwt	294.00–342.50	1,708	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	301.80/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,684	5
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	683	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,042	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,628	2

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 May 2, 2025

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

Receipts 271Last week 236Year ago 281

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 165, Heifers 76, Bulls 30)

Value Added and most Natural 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
4	400–450	434	365.00–375.00	372.49
3	450–500	497	370.00	370.00
10	500–550	536	294.00–342.50	318.68
5	550–600	558	301.00–305.00	301.80
2	700–750	708	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	683	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	464	383.00	383.00
16	500–550	531	370.00	370.00
29	550–600	580	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	367.50	367.50
5	500–550	545	360.00	360.00
17	550–600	560	335.00–380.00	371.13
11	600–650	618	315.00–357.50	345.58
3	700–750	738	285.00	285.00
3	900–950	910	255.00–265.00	261.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	412.50	412.50
33	450–500	470	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	427.50	427.50
1	400–450	435	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	603	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	365.00	365.00
2	500–550	510	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	721	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	395	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	480	345.00	345.00
17	500–550	524	313.00–330.00	324.15
1	550–600	555	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	715	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	800	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	860	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	447	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	407	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	551	329.00	329.00
10	650–700	664	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	548	314.00	314.00
1	600–650	630	287.50	287.50
1	700–750	705	260.00	260.00
2	850–900	873	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	380.00	380.00

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.