Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, November 4, 2022

406 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $183.00/cwt ≈ $858/hd at 469 lb · 27 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $152.00/cwt ≈ $1,325/hd at 872 lb · 27 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.40/cwt ≈ $948/hd at 661 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	406	636	660
Feeder cattle	406	636	660

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 195, Heifers 172, Bulls 39) Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccianted

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	27	183.00	$183.00	$858	—
514	514	8	157.00	$157.00	$807	-7.00
516 value added	516	9	164.00	$164.00	$846	—
656–664 value added	660	20	140.00–141.00	$140.50	$927	—
665	665	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,031	—
768	768	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,037	—
872 value added	872	27	152.00	$152.00	$1,325	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	13	174.00	$174.00	$813	-2.00
554	554	13	154.00	$154.00	$853	-25.36
627	627	10	155.00	$155.00	$972	-14.07
710–720	718	4	109.00–126.00	$121.79	$874	-28.21
865	865	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,176	-5.00
960	960	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,248	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	145.00	$145.00	$551	-30.50
458	458	4	166.00	$166.00	$760	+7.09
542	542	9	157.00	$157.00	$851	+2.00
658	658	5	130.00	$130.00	$855	—
785	785	1	110.00	$110.00	$864	-20.00
895	895	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,083	-19.00
1000	1000	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	19	173.00	$173.00	$683	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	110.00	$110.00	$365	—
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	+25.00
695	695	1	75.00	$75.00	$521	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	—
465	465	1	107.50	$107.50	$500	-19.89
632	632	3	107.50	$107.50	$679	-10.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	370	3	117.50–125.00	$122.36	$453	-23.64
466	466	15	144.00	$144.00	$671	±0.00
520–540	530	2	126.00–127.00	$126.49	$670	+5.08
563	563	13	140.00	$140.00	$788	+9.61
636	636	16	132.00	$132.00	$840	+8.00
655	655	1	101.00	$101.00	$662	—
720	720	2	123.00	$123.00	$886	-10.00
913	913	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,096	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	6	155.00	$155.00	$710	—
580 value added	580	5	145.00	$145.00	$841	—
623 value added	623	4	138.00	$138.00	$860	+18.00
665	665	6	137.00	$137.00	$911	+7.00
718 value added	718	23	144.00	$144.00	$1,034	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	318	6	125.00	$125.00	$398	-9.00
375	375	1	55.00	$55.00	$206	-97.00
390	390	1	75.00	$75.00	$292	-77.00
400–430	415	2	75.00	$75.00	$311	—
462–470	465	21	125.00–149.00	$142.74	$664	+3.74
563	563	5	132.00	$132.00	$743	+7.40
648	648	3	110.00	$110.00	$713	—
680	680	1	118.00	$118.00	$802	—
705 value added	705	1	107.50	$107.50	$758	—
710–720	715	2	112.00–121.00	$116.53	$833	+9.08

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	15	160.00	$160.00	$654	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	3	108.00	$108.00	$419	—
584	584	4	119.00	$119.00	$695	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	85.00	$85.00	$293	-35.00
370	370	1	75.00	$75.00	$278	—
425	425	1	130.00	$130.00	$552	-3.00
485–495	488	3	85.00	$85.00	$415	—
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	-6.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	3	110.00	$110.00	$339	—
375	375	1	100.00	$100.00	$375	—
460	460	3	135.00	$135.00	$621	-10.00
573	573	8	127.00	$127.00	$728	-3.00
892	892	1	77.00	$77.00	$687	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	3	115.00	$115.00	$393	—
350	350	1	120.00	$120.00	$420	—
473	473	4	146.00	$146.00	$691	-14.23
605	605	2	132.00	$132.00	$799	—
760	760	2	116.00	$116.00	$882	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	71.00	$71.00	$327	-64.00
517	517	3	75.00	$75.00	$388	—
705–735	720	2	60.00–95.00	$77.14	$555	—
880	880	1	65.00	$65.00	$572	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	2	122.00	$122.00	$769	-6.00

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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.