Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, October 7, 2022

636 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $150.63/cwt -6.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,120/hd at 744 lb · 83 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.00/cwt -27.20 vs last sale · ≈ $896/hd at 689 lb · 45 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $179.36/cwt +12.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,008/hd at 562 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	636	406	0
Feeder cattle	636	406	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 326, Heifers 259, Bulls 51) 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
335	335	1	181.00	$181.00	$606	—
406 value added	406	4	178.00	$178.00	$723	+8.00
415	415	1	137.00	$137.00	$569	-44.00
469	469	9	176.00	$176.00	$825	—
505	505	1	135.00	$135.00	$682	—
560–565	562	38	167.00–181.00	$179.36	$1,008	+12.36
600–649	638	36	155.00–174.00	$169.07	$1,079	-0.51
660	660	8	154.50	$154.50	$1,020	—
676	676	21	168.00	$168.00	$1,136	—
743	743	66	150.00	$150.00	$1,114	-11.00
745–749	747	17	150.50–156.00	$153.10	$1,144	—
764	764	7	159.00	$159.00	$1,215	-10.98
793 value added	793	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,190	-3.00
836	836	14	150.00	$150.00	$1,254	—
879	879	5	141.00	$141.00	$1,239	—
960	960	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,238	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306	306	4	157.00	$157.00	$480	—
374	374	4	175.50	$175.50	$656	—
400–440	420	2	147.00–156.00	$151.29	$635	—
435 value added	435	1	112.50	$112.50	$489	—
451–495	455	10	150.00–160.00	$158.91	$723	—
480 value added	480	1	138.00	$138.00	$662	—
510	510	1	155.00	$155.00	$790	-2.29
559	559	5	154.00	$154.00	$861	-20.07
600–643	632	6	102.50–145.00	$136.15	$860	-18.85
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	—
882	882	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,235	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	14	164.00	$164.00	$845	—
522	522	12	185.00	$185.00	$966	—
707 value added	707	7	158.00	$158.00	$1,117	-14.42

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	145.00	$145.00	$551	—
405	405	1	115.00	$115.00	$466	—
455–483	476	4	125.00–135.00	$127.39	$606	—
542	542	9	130.00	$130.00	$705	—
640	640	1	117.50	$117.50	$752	-29.50
734	734	4	123.00	$123.00	$903	—

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	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	146.00	$146.00	$562	—
473	473	10	144.00	$144.00	$681	—
510–540	533	5	119.00–125.00	$121.41	$647	-25.59
559–599	574	30	127.00–132.50	$130.39	$748	-0.61
586	586	7	136.00	$136.00	$797	+5.00
647	647	15	124.00	$124.00	$802	-36.25
708	708	10	133.00	$133.00	$942	—
758–781	772	15	120.00–122.00	$121.21	$936	+6.21
779	779	9	125.00	$125.00	$974	+10.00
859	859	6	113.50	$113.50	$975	-7.50
965	965	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,081	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	11	133.00	$133.00	$484	—
443	443	2	129.00	$129.00	$571	—
521	521	6	140.00	$140.00	$729	—
608 value added	608	6	120.00	$120.00	$730	—
689	689	45	130.00	$130.00	$896	-30.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	6	134.00	$134.00	$453	—
356	356	7	152.00	$152.00	$541	+3.00
477	477	10	139.00	$139.00	$663	-7.50
558–590	564	12	116.00–127.50	$124.60	$703	-16.90
610	610	1	120.00	$120.00	$732	-19.00
700–705	703	2	94.00–121.00	$107.45	$755	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	120.00	$120.00	$396	—
435	435	4	133.00	$133.00	$579	—
542	542	5	116.00	$116.00	$629	—
630	630	3	75.00	$75.00	$472	-16.00
825	825	1	85.00	$85.00	$701	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–422	418	7	82.50–135.00	$124.98	$522	—
463	463	3	91.00	$91.00	$421	—
540	540	3	121.00	$121.00	$653	-2.00
803	803	2	76.00	$76.00	$610	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	10	141.00	$141.00	$674	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–475	460	7	150.00–162.00	$160.23	$737	—
525	525	1	144.00	$144.00	$756	—
561	561	11	153.00	$153.00	$858	+5.00
650–682	674	4	129.00–130.00	$129.76	$875	-17.24
708–740	714	10	118.00–125.00	$123.55	$882	—
1165	1165	1	85.00	$85.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	7	150.00	$150.00	$596	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	145.00	$145.00	$682	-17.00
565	565	1	130.00	$130.00	$734	—
648	648	2	130.00	$130.00	$842	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	3	135.00	$135.00	$644	—
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	125.00	$125.00	$606	—
620	620	1	128.00	$128.00	$794	—

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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.