Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, March 4, 2022

357 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $169.43/cwt +9.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,076/hd at 635 lb · 44 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $158.99/cwt -4.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,068/hd at 672 lb · 40 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.99/cwt ≈ $883/hd at 640 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	357	171	354
Feeder cattle	357	171	354

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 169, Heifers 157, Bulls 31) Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	4	164.00	$164.00	$877	—
633–636 value added	635	44	169.00–169.75	$169.43	$1,076	—
652–670 value added	661	20	158.00–168.00	$162.93	$1,077	—
743 value added	743	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–465	461	6	162.50	$162.50	$749	—
555	555	1	125.00	$125.00	$694	—
560	560	14	167.00	$167.00	$935	—
653–670	659	17	154.00–155.00	$154.36	$1,017	-8.64
663–668 value added	664	8	157.00–164.00	$162.24	$1,077	—
691	691	15	162.50	$162.50	$1,123	-0.50
741	741	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,037	-11.00
795 value added	795	4	149.00	$149.00	$1,185	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	162.50	$162.50	$634	—
430	430	1	150.00	$150.00	$645	—
460–480	470	5	132.50–156.00	$146.60	$689	-29.40
548	548	5	164.00	$164.00	$899	—
648	648	3	140.00	$140.00	$907	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	4	139.00	$139.00	$595	—
468 value added	468	4	139.00	$139.00	$651	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	157.50	$157.50	$520	—
400	400	1	152.50	$152.50	$610	—
585	585	1	134.00	$134.00	$784	—
645	645	1	85.00	$85.00	$548	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	157.50	$157.50	$512	—
445	445	1	135.00	$135.00	$601	—
740	740	1	133.00	$133.00	$984	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	2	148.00	$148.00	$567	—
461	461	6	148.00	$148.00	$682	-1.50
557	557	16	146.00	$146.00	$813	-9.00
610–623	621	7	121.00–125.00	$124.44	$773	—
680 value added	680	2	133.00	$133.00	$904	—
698	698	5	129.00	$129.00	$900	—
715	715	2	110.00	$110.00	$786	-16.00
729	729	5	120.00	$120.00	$875	-6.00
795	795	1	120.00	$120.00	$954	—
930	930	2	109.00	$109.00	$1,014	—
998 value added	998	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,098	—
1090 value added	1090	3	109.00	$109.00	$1,188	—
1180 value added	1180	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,310	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575 value added	575	10	148.00	$148.00	$851	—
578	578	6	149.00	$149.00	$861	—
639–644 value added	640	20	132.00–140.00	$137.99	$883	—
772 value added	772	7	115.00	$115.00	$888	—
958 value added	958	5	114.00	$114.00	$1,092	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	152.00	$152.00	$555	-11.00
448	448	2	138.00	$138.00	$618	—
467	467	13	147.00	$147.00	$686	-2.50
545	545	1	127.00	$127.00	$692	—
555	555	14	141.00	$141.00	$783	—
575–585 value added	580	2	139.00–143.00	$141.02	$818	—
650	650	3	125.00	$125.00	$812	—
655 value added	655	1	118.00	$118.00	$773	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	9	149.00	$149.00	$627	+49.00
670–685	678	2	100.00–105.00	$102.53	$695	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	112.50	$112.50	$428	—
410	410	1	115.00	$115.00	$472	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	162.50	$162.50	$536	-19.50
460	460	1	150.00	$150.00	$690	—
505	505	2	135.00	$135.00	$682	—
560–575	568	2	127.00–135.00	$130.95	$744	-23.05
645	645	5	132.00	$132.00	$851	—
700	700	1	128.00	$128.00	$896	—
787	787	3	125.00	$125.00	$984	—
960	960	1	93.00	$93.00	$893	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	167.50	$167.50	$402	—
323	323	2	162.50	$162.50	$525	-21.50
478	478	2	135.00	$135.00	$645	—
564	564	5	135.00	$135.00	$761	—
625–640	633	2	90.00–133.00	$111.75	$707	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
628	628	2	125.00	$125.00	$785	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	124.00	$124.00	$546	—

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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.