Sale reports / Virginia / Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise / 2026-09-04

Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise

Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2026-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-04

Feeder Cattle · Culpeper, Virginia · Fri, Sep 4

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2174

← Aug 7Sep 4Oct 2 →

Receipts

102 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 101▼ 356 vs year ago 458 · −77.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 38, Bulls 4)

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 $360.40/cwt on 16 head, down $37.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −77.68 against this barn's trailing median of $438.08.

Average price

$360.40

▼ 37.45 vs prior sale

16 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$497

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$114.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.13

vs VA average

−10.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	389.40	2,092	6thin
Small 1	528	355.00	1,873	2thin
Medium and Large 2	585	349.29	2,045	7thin
Medium and Large 3	580	275.00	1,595	1thin

One grade step is worth $114.40/cwt here — about $497 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 sale16 hd

360.40

—

VA average6 barns · 213 hd

380.53

−20.13

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

−10.99

This barn, trailing median7 sales

438.08

−77.68

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

30 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,235	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,453	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	478	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,984	9
Steers	500–550	Small 1Value Added	500	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	392.60/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,026	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,025	1
Steers	550–600	Small 1	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,221	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,046	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,271	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	697	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,213	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	711	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,311	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,519	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,316	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	845	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,408	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,519	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	493	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,405	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	319.94/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,683	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,925	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,010	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,230	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,825	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1Value Added	455	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,388	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,837	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 Sep 4, 2026

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

Receipts 102Last week 101Year ago 458

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 38, Bulls 4)

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
1	400–450	445	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	465	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	345.00	345.00
6	500–550	526	300.00–340.00	319.94
5	550–600	558	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	638	315.00	315.00
14	650–700	681	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	710	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	415.00	415.00
4	500–550	516	385.00–405.00	392.60
2	550–600	580	383.00	383.00
2	650–700	678	335.00	335.00
14	750–800	768	328.00	328.00
1	900–950	940	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	478	415.00	415.00
4	700–750	711	325.00	325.00
2	800–850	845	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	540	375.00	375.00
6	550–600	593	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	785	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	697	317.50	317.50

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.