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Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2025-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Dec 5

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174

← Nov 7Dec 5Mar 6 →

Receipts

73 head

▼ 207 vs last sale 280▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 21, Bulls 17)

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 $362.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −75.58 against this barn's trailing median of $438.08.

Average price

$362.50

2 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,005

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.26

vs VA average

−66.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	362.50	2,005	2thin

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 sale2 hd

362.50

—

VA average7 barns · 263 hd

370.76

−8.26

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−66.65

This barn, trailing median7 sales

438.08

−75.58

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

34 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Small 1Value Added	402	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	844	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,005	2
Steers	600–650	Small 1	600	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,935	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,775	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,009	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,980	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	907	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,426	10
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,095	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,546	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	245	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	600	2
Heifers	200–250	Small 1	245	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	417	1
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	300	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	735	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	358	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	644	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,310	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,530	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,027	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,404	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	3
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	605	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,392	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,249	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	933	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,429	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,363	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,745	5
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	905	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,539	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,632	1

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 Dec 5, 2025

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

Receipts 73Last week 280Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 21, Bulls 17)

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
2	400–450	433	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	490	285.00	285.00
5	500–550	541	322.50	322.50
1	950–1000	960	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	470	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	440	315.00	315.00
1	900–950	905	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	478	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	590	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	692	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	495	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	170.00	170.00
1	300–350	300	245.00	245.00
2	350–400	358	180.00	180.00
1	600–650	605	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	525	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	402	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	362.50	362.50
1	750–800	765	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	845	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	628	335.00	335.00
4	650–700	685	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	710	305.00	305.00
1	850–900	855	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	900	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	900–950	907	267.50	267.50
4	1050–1100	1,095	232.50	232.50

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.