Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Culpeper, Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Friday, December 4, 2020

316 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.00/cwt ≈ $564/hd at 448 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $118.00/cwt +2.41 vs last sale · ≈ $643/hd at 545 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $166.50/cwt ≈ $854/hd at 513 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	316	450	562
Feeder cattle	316	450	562

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 158, Bulls 31) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	168.00	$168.00	$571	—
461	461	7	165.00	$165.00	$761	+26.67
520–543	542	17	135.00–144.00	$143.49	$778	+8.52
590	590	2	117.00–128.00	$122.50	$723	—
649	649	16	132.50	$132.50	$860	+9.66
670	670	1	108.00	$108.00	$724	-8.00
720–731	726	10	123.00–125.00	$123.99	$900	+11.99
820	820	1	113.00	$113.00	$927	+8.00
865	865	1	115.00	$115.00	$995	+11.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–478	467	6	103.00–148.00	$126.05	$589	—
513	513	25	166.50	$166.50	$854	—
619 value added	619	6	130.00	$130.00	$805	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	3	165.00	$165.00	$601	+12.50
397	397	3	167.00	$167.00	$663	+14.50
470	470	6	151.00	$151.00	$710	+10.71
573	573	4	128.00	$128.00	$733	-7.80
640	640	3	121.00	$121.00	$774	—
660	660	1	114.00	$114.00	$752	-11.86
755	755	2	115.00	$115.00	$868	—
815	815	1	106.00	$106.00	$864	-4.14
1020	1020	1	96.00	$96.00	$979	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	85.00	$85.00	$450	-27.00
685	685	1	114.00	$114.00	$781	—
720–735	730	3	99.00–103.00	$101.68	$742	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	85.00	$85.00	$476	—
695 value added	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	134.00	$134.00	$489	±0.00
400–441	433	5	119.00–127.00	$125.52	$544	+20.52
545	545	26	118.00	$118.00	$643	+2.41
570	570	3	127.00	$127.00	$724	+6.00
593 value added	593	10	122.50	$122.50	$726	—
643 value added	643	8	120.00	$120.00	$772	+5.00
647	647	10	110.00	$110.00	$712	-2.00
740	740	2	109.00	$109.00	$807	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	34	126.00	$126.00	$564	—
487	487	5	116.00	$116.00	$565	—
609	609	7	115.00	$115.00	$700	—
656 value added	656	5	118.00	$118.00	$774	—
716 value added	716	6	112.00	$112.00	$802	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	270	2	121.00–132.50	$126.86	$343	—
310–325	315	3	115.00–138.00	$130.09	$410	—
330	330	1	70.00	$70.00	$231	—
370	370	1	124.00	$124.00	$459	-8.00
372	372	5	129.00	$129.00	$480	-3.00
463–490	472	6	90.00–125.00	$112.89	$533	—
549	549	4	116.50	$116.50	$640	—
658	658	4	105.00	$105.00	$691	-5.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535 value added	535	1	113.00	$113.00	$605	—
616	616	4	105.00	$105.00	$647	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	107.00	$107.00	$567	—
705	705	1	45.00	$45.00	$317	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	3	140.00	$140.00	$630	+7.12
553	553	3	129.00	$129.00	$713	—
615–645	635	3	114.00	$114.00	$724	+2.00
785	785	2	96.00	$96.00	$754	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–433	425	4	139.00–143.00	$139.94	$595	+40.94
538	538	2	125.00	$125.00	$672	+25.00
667	667	3	115.00	$115.00	$767	-19.00
775	775	2	99.00	$99.00	$767	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	3	96.00	$96.00	$720	—
820	820	1	40.00	$40.00	$328	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	85.00	$85.00	$280	—
470	470	1	110.00	$110.00	$517	±0.00
545	545	1	85.00	$85.00	$463	-20.00
990	990	1	79.00	$79.00	$782	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.