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Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-06

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Jun 6

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174

← May 2Jun 6Jul 18 →

Receipts

283 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 271▲ 58 vs year ago 225 · +25.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 189, Heifers 78, Bulls 16)

Value Added and 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 $360.59/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −77.50 against this barn's trailing median of $438.08.

Average price

$360.59

38 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$107

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

$4.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.97

vs VA average

−17.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	520	365.00	1,898	1thin
Medium and Large 1	556	360.47	2,005	37

One grade step is worth $4.53/cwt here — about −$107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale38 hd

360.59

—

VA average7 barns · 746 hd

365.56

−4.97

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−17.99

This barn, trailing median7 sales

438.08

−77.50

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

53 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,155	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,751	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	532	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,995	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	354.36/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,914	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	362.03/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,100	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	608	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,219	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	608	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,824	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,218	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	621	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,313	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	655	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,358	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	331.99/cwt	275.00–347.50	2,221	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	677	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,437	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	321.19/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,290	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	720	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,232	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	738	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,435	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,104	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	311.03/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,442	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	855	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,309	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	937	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,694	18
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,015	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,487	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	893	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,289	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,220	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,246	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,615	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	473	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,679	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	343.79/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,633	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	321.09/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,801	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,720	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	585	330.56/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,934	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,837	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	662	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,251	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	311.90/cwt	255.00–320.00	2,127	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	715	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,181	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	764	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,101	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 3	835	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,253	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,831	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,920	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,240	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	558	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,869	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,689	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,972	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,838	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	763	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,640	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 Jun 6, 2025

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

Receipts 283Last week 271Year ago 225

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 189, Heifers 78, Bulls 16)

Value Added and 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
3	550–600	563	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	680	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	750	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	520	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	680	250.00	250.00
2	750–800	763	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	558	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	662	340.00	340.00
3	700–750	715	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	340	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	358	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	400	305.00	305.00
4	450–500	475	340.00–345.00	343.79
7	550–600	561	320.00–322.50	321.09
5	600–650	628	292.50	292.50
8	650–700	682	255.00–320.00	311.90
2	850–900	893	205.00	205.00
1	950–1000	960	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	355.00	355.00
14	550–600	585	325.00–332.50	330.56
7	750–800	764	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	280.00	280.00
3	450–500	468	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	583	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	532	375.00	375.00
5	600–650	608	365.00	365.00
3	650–700	677	360.00	360.00
2	850–900	855	270.00	270.00
18	900–950	937	287.50	287.50
1	1000–1050	1,015	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	375.00	375.00
16	500–550	540	350.00–360.00	354.36
16	550–600	580	360.00–362.50	362.03
1	600–650	605	320.00	320.00
19	650–700	669	275.00–347.50	331.99
6	700–750	713	315.00–322.50	321.19
14	750–800	785	310.00–317.50	311.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	621	372.50	372.50
25	650–700	655	360.00	360.00
17	700–750	738	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	430	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	520	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	745	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	765	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	608	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	616	360.00	360.00
3	700–750	720	310.00	310.00

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.