Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2026-06-05

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Jun 5
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174
Receipts
363 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 261▲ 80 vs year ago 283 · +28.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 214, Heifers 123, Bulls 26)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $479.76/cwt on 104 head, down $8.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 7 comparable sales and sits +41.67 against this barn's trailing median of $438.08.
Average price
$479.76
▼ 8.06 vs prior sale
104 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$833
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$199.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.15
vs VA average
+20.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2511499.442,55240
Medium and Large 1555477.242,64759
Medium and Large 2570435.002,4801thin
Small 1585425.002,4861thin
Medium and Large 3573300.001,7193thin
One grade step is worth $199.44/cwt here — about $833 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 sale104 hd
479.76
—
VA average7 barns · 700 hd
473.61
+6.15
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
+20.57
This barn, trailing median7 sales
438.08
+41.67
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
502450398346median 438.0803/0604/1006/0509/0410/02
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

74 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Natural309505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,5602
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3Natural365485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,7703
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Natural375525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,9697
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Natural375515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,9311
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2386520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0074
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Natural405455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8431
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9353
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1443480.48/cwt465.00–482.502,1298
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0142
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3469465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1819
Steers450–500Small 1Value Added486365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7747
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,53517
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Natural514499.03/cwt497.50–502.502,56523
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527482.15/cwt465.00–500.002,54114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558455.00/cwt445.00–462.502,53915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural566486.07/cwt470.00–490.002,75130
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4801
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3573300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7193
Steers550–600Small 1585425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4861
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added600450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,7005
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Natural603465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,80420
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,4142
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural635435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,7624
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added658395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,5996
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665405.02/cwt395.00–415.002,69310
Steers650–700Small 1670300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0101
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3720250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8001
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2737332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,4513
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added758333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,5243
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2815316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,5753
Steers800–850Small 1845280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3661
Steers900–950Medium and Large 3920237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,1853
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Small 1210410.00/cwt410.00–410.008611
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3Natural293502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,4723
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2298450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3412
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7131
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Natural388480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8626
Heifers400–450Small 1400395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5801
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1003
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Natural442467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,06614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9473
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466455.38/cwt435.00–471.002,12212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0191
Heifers500–550Small 1520240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2481
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Natural526415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1834
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530419.29/cwt415.00–430.002,22210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1776
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7323
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0822
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560344.11/cwt320.00–350.001,9275
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4001
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added568385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1872
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural580404.13/cwt402.50–407.502,3449
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0441
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added621352.64/cwt345.00–357.502,19013
Heifers600–650Small 1630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2601
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1651300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9537
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added710315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2371
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added759325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4674
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Natural855275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3511
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4061
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Natural980235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,3032
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2771
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0032
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3450280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2601
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3517300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,55113
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3560285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5961
Bulls550–600Small 1565250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4131
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4801
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,4583
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,2861
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3745302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,2541

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.