Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, April 21, 2023

381 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $228.21/cwt +5.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,419/hd at 622 lb · 41 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $252.00/cwt ≈ $1,240/hd at 492 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $180.72/cwt ≈ $1,007/hd at 557 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	381	179	225
Feeder cattle	381	179	225

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 186, Heifers 131, Bulls 64) Value Added and most 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
492 value added	492	29	252.00	$252.00	$1,240	—
528 value added	528	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,320	—
606–635 value added	622	41	225.00–234.00	$228.21	$1,419	+5.21
879 value added	879	6	179.00	$179.00	$1,573	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,004	+23.00
519	519	13	236.00	$236.00	$1,225	+36.00
555–565 value added	557	9	205.00–244.00	$238.74	$1,330	—
597	597	6	236.00	$236.00	$1,409	—
600–613 value added	610	4	177.50–231.00	$217.84	$1,329	+26.84
644	644	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,449	—
685	685	2	195.00–206.00	$200.50	$1,373	+4.50
690 value added	690	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,414	+8.00
717–719	719	12	200.00–205.00	$203.75	$1,465	+40.75
760 value added	760	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,452	+13.00
805 value added	805	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,368	—
875 value added	875	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,514	—
879	879	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,538	—
1085	1085	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,552	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	245.00	$245.00	$735	—
415	415	1	215.00	$215.00	$892	—
452	452	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,085	+41.67
550	550	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,182	—
570 value added	570	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,040	-2.50
627	627	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,436	—
654 value added	654	4	224.00	$224.00	$1,465	—
725	725	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,305	+16.00
880	880	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,505	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570 value added	570	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,112	—
1207	1207	7	144.00	$144.00	$1,738	—
1280	1280	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,600	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	222.50	$222.50	$690	—
493	493	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,085	—
545	545	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,117	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,014	—
935	935	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,449	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	4	188.00	$188.00	$820	—
446	446	8	216.00	$216.00	$963	—
489 value added	489	7	194.00	$194.00	$949	—
529 value added	529	8	211.00	$211.00	$1,116	—
557	557	18	180.00–181.00	$180.72	$1,007	—
615 value added	615	3	183.00	$183.00	$1,125	—
620	620	5	171.00	$171.00	$1,060	—
655	655	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,048	-1.00
655 value added	655	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,172	—
738	738	8	168.00	$168.00	$1,240	—
770	770	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,270	—
900	900	3	151.00	$151.00	$1,359	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	210.00	$210.00	$756	—
463	463	3	197.00	$197.00	$912	—
518 value added	518	8	209.00	$209.00	$1,083	+54.00
537	537	9	186.00	$186.00	$999	+13.00
610	610	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,098	—
640 value added	640	3	178.00	$178.00	$1,139	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	3	214.00	$214.00	$1,002	—
619	619	9	178.00	$178.00	$1,102	—
741	741	13	170.00	$170.00	$1,260	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	3	189.00	$189.00	$592	—
385	385	1	137.50	$137.50	$529	—
533	533	2	157.50	$157.50	$839	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	150.00	$150.00	$675	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	5	235.00	$235.00	$872	—
423	423	3	224.00	$224.00	$948	—
475	475	1	175.00	$175.00	$831	-12.00
520–539	535	5	167.50–209.00	$200.94	$1,075	+28.94
750–786	780	13	164.00–168.00	$164.59	$1,284	—
925–940	929	4	130.00–134.00	$131.01	$1,217	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	232.50	$232.50	$756	—
451	451	4	217.50	$217.50	$981	+18.50
559	559	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,118	+35.00
632	632	7	177.00	$177.00	$1,119	+26.00
680	680	1	112.50	$112.50	$765	-52.58
742–743	743	12	154.00–169.00	$161.49	$1,200	+1.49

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	105.00	$105.00	$388	—
510	510	1	85.00	$85.00	$434	-83.00
910	910	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,356	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	65.00	$65.00	$263	—

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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.