Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, August 4, 2023

219 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $231.53/cwt +2.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,704/hd at 736 lb · 32 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $203.50/cwt ≈ $1,726/hd at 848 lb · 18 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $248.00/cwt +18.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,632/hd at 658 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	219	266	169
Feeder cattle	219	266	169

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 116, Heifers 88, Bulls 15) 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
500	500	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,125	-12.16
565	565	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,260	—
638	638	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,442	-18.00
641 value added	641	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,538	-1.00
658 value added	658	16	248.00	$248.00	$1,632	+88.00
733	733	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,598	—
721–740 value added	736	30	217.00–237.00	$232.43	$1,711	+3.43
800 value added	800	10	234.00	$234.00	$1,872	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	232.00	$232.00	$998	-18.00
495	495	9	249.00	$249.00	$1,233	+4.00
583–590	585	3	185.00–235.00	$211.76	$1,239	-27.01
645	645	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,477	—
735	735	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,602	—
873 value added	873	6	216.00	$216.00	$1,886	—
925 value added	925	3	219.00	$219.00	$2,026	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603 value added	603	13	250.00	$250.00	$1,508	+10.00
795	795	4	212.00	$212.00	$1,685	+7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	2	165.00	$165.00	$899	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–545	525	2	160.00–207.50	$182.85	$960	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	219.00	$219.00	$865	—
445	445	1	185.00	$185.00	$823	—
485	485	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,062	+7.00
500	500	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,025	—
562	562	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,175	+14.00
610 value added	610	3	224.00	$224.00	$1,366	—
645	645	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,161	—
662	662	5	189.00	$189.00	$1,251	+1.00
700–725 value added	713	8	203.00–205.50	$204.23	$1,456	—
775	775	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,472	—
848 value added	848	18	203.50	$203.50	$1,726	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586 value added	586	11	234.00	$234.00	$1,371	+1.00
631 value added	631	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,420	—
742 value added	742	6	205.00	$205.00	$1,521	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–477	475	4	100.00–216.00	$187.32	$890	-39.16
554	554	5	208.00	$208.00	$1,152	-6.00
605–643	630	3	160.00–185.00	$177.00	$1,115	—
655	655	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,163	-30.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	8	238.00	$238.00	$1,261	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400 value added	400	1	187.50	$187.50	$750	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,182	—
647	647	3	195.00	$195.00	$1,262	—
748	748	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,316	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	2	193.00	$193.00	$868	—
503	503	3	195.00	$195.00	$981	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	227.50	$227.50	$910	—
515–520	518	2	187.50–210.00	$198.80	$1,030	—

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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.