Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, April 9, 2021

590 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $119.27/cwt -25.58 vs last sale · ≈ $795/hd at 666 lb · 56 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.48/cwt +6.48 vs last sale · ≈ $759/hd at 569 lb · 55 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.72/cwt +5.72 vs last sale · ≈ $822/hd at 665 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	590	354	0
Feeder cattle	590	354	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 268, Heifers 298, Bulls 24) Value Added and Natural 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
295	295	2	155.00	$155.00	$457	—
375	375	5	167.50	$167.50	$628	—
438	438	3	140.00	$140.00	$613	—
455–490	459	19	136.00–165.00	$158.07	$726	-3.93
498 value added	498	6	157.00	$157.00	$782	—
555–575	559	19	133.00–156.00	$151.72	$848	—
648 value added	648	4	146.00	$146.00	$946	—
658	658	10	143.50	$143.50	$944	-3.47
668 value added	668	46	114.00	$114.00	$762	-26.00
717–728	725	12	136.00–140.00	$139.01	$1,008	—
753	753	4	137.50	$137.50	$1,035	+1.50
821	821	11	129.50	$129.50	$1,063	-2.95
850	850	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,062	-5.00
1045	1045	1	91.00	$91.00	$951	—
1255	1255	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,318	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	174.00	$174.00	$444	—
350–360	357	3	159.00–163.00	$161.69	$577	—
408	408	3	130.00	$130.00	$530	-20.00
461	461	9	142.50	$142.50	$657	+4.48
556–575	557	15	132.00–155.00	$153.42	$855	+17.17
603	603	5	156.00	$156.00	$941	—
661–670	662	8	121.00–140.00	$137.60	$911	+7.60
720–745	726	4	115.00–138.00	$132.10	$959	—
743 value added	743	3	120.00	$120.00	$892	—
790	790	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,003	—
850	850	8	129.00	$129.00	$1,096	—
926	926	4	119.00	$119.00	$1,102	+41.50
1175	1175	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,069	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450 value added	450	10	165.00	$165.00	$742	—
542 value added	542	11	161.00	$161.00	$873	—
636	636	7	146.00	$146.00	$929	—
661 value added	661	8	154.50	$154.50	$1,021	—
1237	1237	3	102.00	$102.00	$1,262	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	137.50	$137.50	$478	—
480	480	1	126.00	$126.00	$605	—
560	560	6	136.00	$136.00	$762	—
808	808	2	116.00	$116.00	$937	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	130.00	$130.00	$448	—
668 value added	668	2	140.00	$140.00	$935	—
685	685	1	124.00	$124.00	$849	+11.50
730	730	1	116.00	$116.00	$847	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	8	136.00	$136.00	$419	—
357	357	12	144.00	$144.00	$514	—
464	464	25	137.50	$137.50	$638	—
500–515	510	3	75.00–130.50	$112.36	$573	-7.64
514 value added	514	5	140.00	$140.00	$720	—
558–570	560	40	123.00–134.00	$132.62	$743	+5.62
586–597 value added	592	15	133.00–139.00	$135.77	$804	—
652–660	653	30	122.00–127.00	$122.51	$800	+4.51
692	692	13	126.50	$126.50	$875	+8.50
705	705	8	120.00	$120.00	$846	+9.00
705	705	2	135.00	$135.00	$952	+24.00
782 value added	782	36	124.00	$124.00	$970	—
785	785	3	119.00	$119.00	$934	—
810	810	1	109.00	$109.00	$883	—
1045	1045	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,087	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	147.50	$147.50	$406	—
378	378	4	139.00	$139.00	$525	-3.50
450–463	462	12	130.00–135.50	$135.05	$624	+18.85
537–545	538	12	100.00–141.50	$136.61	$735	+35.61
554	554	11	137.00	$137.00	$759	+7.00
653	653	6	126.00	$126.00	$823	+5.93
660	660	1	120.00	$120.00	$792	-0.07
783	783	2	114.00	$114.00	$893	—
854	854	7	112.00	$112.00	$956	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561 value added	561	5	141.00	$141.00	$791	—
637 value added	637	5	116.00	$116.00	$739	—
704–720	710	11	118.00–123.00	$121.16	$860	—
764	764	5	115.00	$115.00	$879	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	122.50	$122.50	$481	—
562	562	5	121.00	$121.00	$680	—
753	753	2	112.00	$112.00	$843	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	119.00	$119.00	$488	—
605–615	610	2	90.00–115.00	$102.60	$626	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	6	142.00	$142.00	$686	+9.33
579	579	5	128.00	$128.00	$741	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	4	130.00	$130.00	$603	-12.09
540	540	2	124.00	$124.00	$670	—
710	710	2	115.00	$115.00	$816	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	65.00	$65.00	$202	—
463	463	2	122.50	$122.50	$567	+22.50
593	593	2	129.00	$129.00	$765	—

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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.