Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, September 1, 2023

411 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $220.20/cwt +15.97 vs last sale · ≈ $1,570/hd at 713 lb · 34 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $250.00/cwt ±0.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,612/hd at 645 lb · 30 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $243.02/cwt +18.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,303/hd at 536 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	411	219	406
Feeder cattle	411	219	406

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 200, Heifers 168, Bulls 43) 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
390	390	1	222.50	$222.50	$868	—
450–460	459	12	241.00–244.00	$243.75	$1,119	—
518–538	536	24	197.50–247.00	$243.02	$1,303	—
553	553	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,244	+2.00
590	590	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,268	-8.00
620	620	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,333	-11.00
610–631	629	12	200.00–243.00	$239.53	$1,507	+13.53
688 value added	688	18	241.00	$241.00	$1,658	-7.00
690–697	694	2	227.50	$227.50	$1,579	—
730	730	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,716	+17.00
735–743	741	4	224.00–227.00	$224.74	$1,665	+6.74
750–775 value added	766	5	225.00–230.00	$227.78	$1,745	—
805–825	815	3	170.00–221.00	$200.50	$1,634	—
903 value added	903	3	197.50	$197.50	$1,783	—
925	925	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,919	—
955	955	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,838	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519 value added	519	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,038	—
546	546	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,365	—
645 value added	645	30	250.00	$250.00	$1,612	—
674	674	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,584	—
706	706	12	239.50	$239.50	$1,691	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	217.50–221.00	$219.83	$868	—
454	454	8	214.00	$214.00	$972	—
530	530	12	256.00	$256.00	$1,357	—
560–561	561	10	205.00–226.00	$223.90	$1,256	+12.14
570 value added	570	3	197.00	$197.00	$1,123	—
643	643	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,479	+1.00
753	753	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,619	—
945	945	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,866	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568 value added	568	2	159.00	$159.00	$903	—
645	645	1	145.00	$145.00	$935	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	177.50	$177.50	$630	—
500	500	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,000	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–370	360	3	185.00–210.00	$201.44	$725	-17.56
451–490	456	12	185.00–219.00	$207.13	$945	-11.87
542 value added	542	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,165	—
535–547	546	16	212.00–221.00	$220.45	$1,204	—
590	590	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,224	-1.50
615–620	616	11	207.50–228.00	$220.22	$1,357	+40.22
627 value added	627	11	228.00	$228.00	$1,430	+4.00
685	685	13	217.00	$217.00	$1,486	+28.00
709–743 value added	712	32	200.00–224.00	$221.65	$1,578	+17.42
725	725	2	197.00	$197.00	$1,428	—
895	895	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,275	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	7	239.00	$239.00	$1,159	—
513	513	4	218.00	$218.00	$1,118	—
623	623	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,277	—
651	651	7	228.00	$228.00	$1,484	—
750	750	6	209.00	$209.00	$1,568	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	205.00	$205.00	$724	—
448	448	7	211.00	$211.00	$945	—
526	526	10	209.00	$209.00	$1,099	—
624	624	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,342	+38.00
705–720	713	2	190.00–196.00	$193.03	$1,376	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	185.00	$185.00	$792	—
525	525	3	181.00	$181.00	$950	—
643	643	3	150.00	$150.00	$964	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,004	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–383	377	4	166.00–215.00	$177.69	$670	—
415–449	442	5	217.50–223.00	$218.53	$966	—
495 value added	495	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,138	—
517 value added	517	6	227.00	$227.00	$1,174	—
547	547	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,149	—
643 value added	643	2	202.50	$202.50	$1,302	—
645	645	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,096	-25.00
673	673	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,245	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–365	360	2	175.00–185.00	$180.07	$648	—
512	512	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,024	+1.20
698	698	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,222	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380 value added	380	2	225.00	$225.00	$855	—
416 value added	416	4	231.00	$231.00	$961	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	135.00	$135.00	$675	—
550–575	563	2	155.00–157.50	$156.28	$880	—
740	740	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,258	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	140.00	$140.00	$462	—

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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.