Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, July 15, 2022

272 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.78/cwt +10.78 vs last sale · ≈ $892/hd at 572 lb · 27 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $168.69/cwt +17.69 vs last sale · ≈ $729/hd at 432 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $172.06/cwt +23.26 vs last sale · ≈ $840/hd at 488 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	272	247	308
Feeder cattle	272	247	308

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 119, Heifers 135, Bulls 18) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are mostly Weaned

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	4	185.00	$185.00	$886	+25.00
560	560	9	189.00	$189.00	$1,058	+8.03
634	634	4	172.00	$172.00	$1,090	-11.12
641 value added	641	4	169.00	$169.00	$1,083	—
655	655	13	170.00	$170.00	$1,114	-10.00
689	689	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,137	—
765 value added	765	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,262	—
782	782	3	158.00	$158.00	$1,236	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	150.00	$150.00	$412	—
340	340	1	175.00	$175.00	$595	—
363	363	3	182.50	$182.50	$662	+21.50
415	415	1	189.00	$189.00	$784	+15.00
465	465	17	193.00	$193.00	$897	+35.50
530 value added	530	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,039	—
550	550	13	187.00	$187.00	$1,028	—
652	652	9	165.00	$165.00	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451	451	16	206.00	$206.00	$929	—
538	538	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,022	+2.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	3	156.00	$156.00	$640	—
610	610	1	163.00	$163.00	$994	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	150.00	$150.00	$502	—
472	472	3	170.00	$170.00	$802	+18.00
492 value added	492	14	172.50	$172.50	$849	—
518	518	5	168.00	$168.00	$870	+24.33
565	565	16	145.00–149.00	$145.25	$821	+0.25
582–584 value added	583	11	170.00–172.00	$171.09	$997	—
614 value added	614	9	160.00	$160.00	$982	—
625–638	634	8	142.00–157.00	$145.85	$925	—
677 value added	677	7	148.00	$148.00	$1,002	—
690	690	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,028	+25.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	137.50	$137.50	$468	—
403–446	432	18	168.00–169.00	$168.69	$729	—
528	528	5	151.00	$151.00	$797	+11.00
555	555	1	147.00	$147.00	$816	—
615 value added	615	1	148.00	$148.00	$910	—
625	625	1	135.00	$135.00	$844	—
654 value added	654	4	147.00	$147.00	$961	—
745 value added	745	2	143.00	$143.00	$1,065	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560 value added	560	11	166.00	$166.00	$930	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	6	165.00	$165.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	127.50	$127.50	$319	—
408	408	2	157.50	$157.50	$643	—
510	510	2	115.00	$115.00	$586	—
555	555	1	130.00	$130.00	$722	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	135.00	$135.00	$418	—
415	415	1	142.50	$142.50	$591	—
505	505	1	157.00	$157.00	$793	+24.00
705	705	1	125.00	$125.00	$881	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–595	561	7	87.50–150.00	$140.54	$788	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	6	160.00	$160.00	$717	—
560	560	1	135.00	$135.00	$756	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	171.00	$171.00	$735	—
660	660	1	146.00	$146.00	$964	—
770 value added	770	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,047	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	160.00	$160.00	$856	+8.50

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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.