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Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2026-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-10

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Apr 10

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174

← Mar 6Apr 10May 1 →

Receipts

199 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 168▲ 199 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 66, Bulls 30)

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 $487.98/cwt on 41 head, up $49.90 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 7 comparable sales and sits +49.90 against this barn's trailing median of $438.08.

Average price

$487.98

▲ 49.90 vs prior sale

41 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$92.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.06

vs VA average

−2.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	492.90	2,652	37
Medium and Large 1-2	573	485.00	2,779	2thin
Small 1	595	400.00	2,380	2thin

One grade step is worth $92.90/cwt here — about $272 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale41 hd

487.98

—

VA average9 barns · 526 hd

491.04

−3.06

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−2.85

This barn, trailing median7 sales

438.08

+49.90

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

56 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	265	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,338	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,607	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	343	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,938	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,966	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,054	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,110	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,318	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,369	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,440	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	526	498.20/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,621	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,544	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,811	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	456.65/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,607	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,779	2
Steers	550–600	Small 1	595	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,380	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,608	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	662	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,830	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	730	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,628	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,693	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	772	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,011	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,936	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	3,059	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	895	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,775	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,092	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,167	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,235	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,229	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,426	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,773	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	1,858	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	378	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,909	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,923	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	453	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,039	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	412.01/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,895	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,162	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,115	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	383.88/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,234	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	635	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,461	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,222	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	658	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,402	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	695	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,050	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	755	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,473	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,458	2
Heifers	800–850	Small 1	835	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,712	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	840	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,226	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,711	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	463	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,991	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,307	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,381	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,188	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,272	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,341	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	640	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,952	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,544	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	341.43/cwt	322.50–347.50	2,458	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 Apr 10, 2026

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

Receipts 199Last week 168Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 66, Bulls 30)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	520.00	520.00
2	400–450	400	527.50	527.50
2	450–500	488	500.00	500.00
2	500–550	530	480.00	480.00
6	550–600	571	430.00–465.00	456.65
5	650–700	652	400.00	400.00
2	700–750	748	360.00	360.00
3	800–850	845	347.50	347.50
7	850–900	893	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	459	505.00	505.00
6	1050–1100	1,092	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	526	480.00–530.00	498.20
7	550–600	550	511.00	511.00
3	650–700	662	427.50	427.50
1	700–750	730	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	595.00	595.00
1	350–400	395	520.00	520.00
4	450–500	460	515.00	515.00
1	850–900	895	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	565.00	565.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	505.00	505.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	485.00	485.00
13	750–800	772	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	475.00	475.00
1	300–350	310	460.00	460.00
5	350–400	351	505.00	505.00
8	450–500	465	465.00	465.00
6	550–600	582	360.00–395.00	383.88
6	600–650	644	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	793	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	505.00	505.00
3	650–700	658	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	460	390.00–420.00	412.01
1	650–700	695	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	455.00	455.00
2	350–400	365	509.00	509.00
2	400–450	418	460.00	460.00
2	550–600	553	382.50	382.50
1	800–850	840	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	635	387.50	387.50
3	700–750	720	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	453	450.00	450.00
4	750–800	755	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	500.00	500.00
3	500–550	547	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	568	400.00	400.00
2	650–700	683	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	590.00	590.00
3	450–500	493	468.00	468.00
5	500–550	535	445.00	445.00
1	600–650	620	377.50	377.50
4	700–750	720	322.50–347.50	341.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	463	430.00	430.00

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.