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Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Oct 3

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174

← Sep 5Oct 3Nov 7 →

Receipts

226 head

▼ 232 vs last sale 458▼ 136 vs year ago 362 · −37.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 106, Bulls 44)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Some lots Virginia Quality Assured (VQA)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.63/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 3 of 7 comparable sales and sits −21.09 against this barn's trailing median of $346.73.

Average price

$325.63

19 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$23.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.02

vs VA average

−43.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	332.27	1,840	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	535	330.00	1,766	3thin
Medium and Large 2	566	308.40	1,745	5thin

One grade step is worth $23.87/cwt here — about $95 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 sale19 hd

325.63

—

VA average7 barns · 386 hd

321.61

+4.02

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−43.28

This barn, trailing median7 sales

346.73

−21.09

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.42, low $290.71, median $346.73 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

64 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	100–150	Medium and Large 3	147	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	206	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	325.26/cwt	200.00–385.00	1,041	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	569	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,706	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	478	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,195	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,976	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	523	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,066	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	389.86/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,109	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	625	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,094	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	329.06/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,080	4
Steers	650–700	Small 1	668	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,670	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,025	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,183	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	748	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,543	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	816	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,807	5
Steers	800–850	Small 1	825	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,578	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	908	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,906	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	976	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,879	4
Steers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,220	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,318	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	308	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,201	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	314	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,146	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	362	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,412	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Natural	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,625	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	420	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,596	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,486	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,688	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	335.59/cwt	300.00–347.50	1,624	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	486	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,823	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3Natural	486	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,823	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	505	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,162	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,811	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	554	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,856	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,906	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	652	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,191	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,968	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	686	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,319	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	805	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,892	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	648	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	362	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,140	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,649	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	356.91/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,538	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	440	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	880	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	831	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	552	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,780	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	553	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,327	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,869	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,019	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,093	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,086	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,006	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,123	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,139	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	936	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,200	4

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 Oct 3, 2025

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

Receipts 226Last week 458Year ago 362

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 106, Bulls 44)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Some lots Virginia Quality Assured (VQA)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	425.00	425.00
4	400–450	431	355.00–357.50	356.91
1	450–500	485	150.00	150.00
2	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	675	309.00	309.00
1	700–750	710	282.50	282.50
4	900–950	936	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	558	335.00	335.00
6	600–650	641	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	673	311.00	311.00
3	700–750	732	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	795	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	180.00	180.00
1	450–500	475	175.00	175.00
2	550–600	553	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	552	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	535	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	414	392.50	392.50
5	450–500	469	360.00	360.00
4	550–600	553	327.50	327.50
5	650–700	656	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	486	375.00	375.00
22	650–700	652	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	686	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	554	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	486	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	484	300.00–347.50	335.59
4	550–600	581	328.00	328.00
2	700–750	740	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	805	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	390.00	390.00
3	350–400	362	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	432	395.00	395.00
11	450–500	494	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	470	340.00	340.00
10	500–550	541	375.00–400.00	389.86
4	600–650	632	315.00–340.00	329.06
1	700–750	740	295.00	295.00
1	1200–1250	1,220	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	668	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	825	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	908	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	147	140.00	140.00
1	300–350	325	175.00	175.00
2	450–500	478	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	200.00–385.00	325.26
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	530	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	675	300.00	300.00
5	800–850	816	344.00	344.00
4	950–1000	976	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	748	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	395.00	395.00
6	600–650	625	335.00	335.00

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.