Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2026-08-07

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Aug 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174
Receipts
101 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 134▲ 101 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 35, Bulls 17)

Value Added 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 $381.67/cwt on 9 head, down $16.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 7 comparable sales and sits −56.42 against this barn's trailing median of $438.08.
Average price
$381.67
▼ 16.19 vs prior sale
9 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,046
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$18.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.23
vs VA average
−32.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2520390.002,0282thin
Medium and Large 1-2525390.002,0483thin
Medium and Large 1552371.252,0504thin
One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about −$22 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale9 hd
381.67
—
VA average8 barns · 140 hd
409.89
−28.23
National average157 barns · 6,223 hd
414.24
−32.57
This barn, trailing median7 sales
438.08
−56.42
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

33 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1448425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9043
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0282
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0483
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1543375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0363
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added580360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2603380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2914
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1648350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2683
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added694349.39/cwt345.00–350.002,4258
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added700290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0301
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added717337.51/cwt330.00–340.002,4204
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added760330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5081
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,7483
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added863362.50/cwt362.50–362.503,12812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3351
Heifers450–500Small 1Value Added478345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6493
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8542
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3495335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6581
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8486
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0241
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3Value Added583325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,89513
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added590340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0062
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1832
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1782
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295300.00/cwt300.00–300.008851
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added440330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4521
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1447350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5655
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7953
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7002
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,0412
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2700290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0303

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.