Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, August 5, 2022

169 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.61/cwt -7.17 vs last sale · ≈ $829/hd at 558 lb · 20 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.69/cwt -11.65 vs last sale · ≈ $911/hd at 643 lb · 16 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $163.00/cwt ≈ $1,113/hd at 683 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	169	272	251
Feeder cattle	169	272	251

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 82, Bulls 12) 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
365	365	7	172.00	$172.00	$628	—
589	589	13	154.00	$154.00	$907	—
683 value added	683	14	163.00	$163.00	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	147.50	$147.50	$575	—
425–438	434	3	147.50–181.00	$170.06	$738	—
460	460	1	142.50	$142.50	$656	-42.50
470	470	1	132.50	$132.50	$623	-52.50
503	503	2	169.00	$169.00	$850	—
582–585	583	4	135.00–165.00	$157.47	$918	-31.53
635	635	1	136.00	$136.00	$864	-36.00
651–695	660	10	153.00–160.00	$158.53	$1,046	-11.47
732 value added	732	7	157.00	$157.00	$1,149	—
830 value added	830	3	153.00	$153.00	$1,270	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618–635 value added	622	4	129.00–153.00	$146.88	$914	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515 value added	515	1	129.00	$129.00	$664	-67.00
810	810	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,256	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	147.50	$147.50	$502	—
405	405	1	130.00	$130.00	$526	-26.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	151.00	$151.00	$642	—
473	473	4	155.00	$155.00	$733	-15.00
550–559	558	20	145.00–149.00	$148.61	$829	+3.36
630–644	643	16	137.00–142.00	$141.69	$911	-4.16
655 value added	655	1	140.00	$140.00	$917	-8.00
732 value added	732	5	151.00	$151.00	$1,105	—
757 value added	757	3	134.00–144.00	$140.67	$1,065	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	157.00	$157.00	$539	+19.50
371	371	5	160.00	$160.00	$594	—
480	480	1	152.00	$152.00	$730	—
535	535	1	146.00	$146.00	$781	-5.00
558	558	9	149.00	$149.00	$831	+2.00
652	652	3	142.00	$142.00	$926	—
755	755	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,019	—
815	815	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,019	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	120.00	$120.00	$564	—
735	735	4	125.00	$125.00	$919	±0.00
740 value added	740	1	123.00	$123.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	2	117.50	$117.50	$544	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	100.00	$100.00	$730	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	167.00	$167.00	$651	—
515	515	1	125.00	$125.00	$644	-35.00
560	560	1	140.00	$140.00	$784	—
673	673	3	139.00	$139.00	$935	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	140.00	$140.00	$518	—
540	540	1	136.00	$136.00	$734	—
665	665	3	142.50	$142.50	$948	-3.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	132.00	$132.00	$739	-8.54

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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.