Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, April 5, 2024

213 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $213.43/cwt ≈ $1,633/hd at 765 lb · 23 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $249.34/cwt ≈ $1,801/hd at 722 lb · 16 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $236.00/cwt ≈ $1,435/hd at 608 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	213	183	179
Feeder cattle	213	183	179

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 98, Bulls 32) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are mostly Weaned

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,300	—
486 value added	486	8	310.00	$310.00	$1,507	—
498	498	3	302.50	$302.50	$1,506	—
500 value added	500	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,300	—
535–540	538	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,318	-20.25
597	597	5	291.00	$291.00	$1,737	+8.50
630–642	639	4	260.00–270.00	$267.54	$1,710	+17.54
660	660	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,584	—
700	700	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,827	—
701 value added	701	4	258.00	$258.00	$1,809	—
705–745	739	9	238.00–242.50	$241.61	$1,785	—
880	880	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,958	—
898	898	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,778	—
970	970	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,853	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	307.50	$307.50	$1,461	—
535–541	539	9	287.50–320.00	$296.50	$1,598	—
655	655	2	282.50	$282.50	$1,850	—
719	719	6	245.00	$245.00	$1,762	—
760	760	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,748	—
805 value added	805	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,751	—
820	820	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,771	-9.00
1180	1180	1	184.00	$184.00	$2,171	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
604	604	4	284.00	$284.00	$1,715	—
723	723	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,771	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,062	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	265.00	$265.00	$980	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	150.00	$150.00	$398	—
360	360	1	177.50	$177.50	$639	-106.50
465	465	2	261.00	$261.00	$1,214	+4.17
543–545	544	4	220.00–249.00	$238.23	$1,296	-11.00
573–586	580	8	247.00–252.00	$249.53	$1,447	+2.32
630–631	631	8	240.00–241.00	$240.37	$1,517	+4.42
675	675	1	234.00	$234.00	$1,580	+21.50
710	710	1	125.00	$125.00	$888	—
764–766	765	23	213.00–214.00	$213.43	$1,633	—
905	905	3	177.50	$177.50	$1,606	—
955	955	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,456	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	250.00	$250.00	$862	—
540 value added	540	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,310	-15.00
545	545	4	248.00	$248.00	$1,352	+68.00
658	658	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,507	—
681	681	5	216.00	$216.00	$1,471	+11.00
735 value added	735	2	214.00	$214.00	$1,573	—
810–820	815	2	187.50–202.50	$195.05	$1,590	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
608	608	11	236.00	$236.00	$1,435	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	260.00	$260.00	$741	—
411	411	7	272.00	$272.00	$1,118	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	3	172.50	$172.50	$474	—
590	590	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,268	—
635	635	1	150.00	$150.00	$952	—
688 value added	688	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,342	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	302.50	$302.50	$771	—
523	523	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,399	+30.00
580	580	2	272.00	$272.00	$1,578	+15.00
673–693	679	7	226.00–230.00	$228.83	$1,554	—
715	715	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,484	—
760	760	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,604	+29.00
875–885	878	4	200.00–209.00	$206.73	$1,815	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	4	322.50	$322.50	$964	—
650	650	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,430	—
860	860	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,720	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,104	—
580	580	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,262	—
798	798	2	193.00	$193.00	$1,540	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,080	—

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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.