Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, May 3, 2024

281 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $342.00/cwt ≈ $1,635/hd at 478 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $262.67/cwt +24.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,366/hd at 520 lb · 19 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $300.35/cwt +50.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,580/hd at 526 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	281	213	124
Feeder cattle	281	213	124

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 127, Bulls 54) Value Added and Most Natural 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
325	325	1	329.00	$329.00	$1,069	—
373	373	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,212	-10.00
400	400	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,300	—
517–538	526	19	297.50–302.50	$300.35	$1,580	+55.35
562 value added	562	3	311.00	$311.00	$1,748	—
564	564	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,636	-1.00
629 value added	629	7	271.00	$271.00	$1,705	—
634	634	4	265.00	$265.00	$1,680	-2.54
683 value added	683	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,844	—
755	755	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,691	—
835 value added	835	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,858	—
853 value added	853	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,877	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	11	334.00	$334.00	$1,259	—
478	478	24	342.00	$342.00	$1,635	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	315.00	$315.00	$866	—
508	508	2	301.00	$301.00	$1,529	+4.50
525 value added	525	3	312.50	$312.50	$1,641	—
665	665	1	269.00	$269.00	$1,789	-13.50

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	255.00	$255.00	$836	—
440	440	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,276	—
830 value added	830	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,577	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,395	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–385	364	3	245.00–265.00	$257.94	$939	+80.44
423 value added	423	5	280.00	$280.00	$1,184	—
451	451	5	257.00	$257.00	$1,159	-4.00
503–545	520	19	254.00–269.00	$262.67	$1,366	+24.44
550 value added	550	3	251.00	$251.00	$1,380	—
619 value added	619	5	267.00	$267.00	$1,653	—
628	628	5	251.00	$251.00	$1,576	+10.63
743	743	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,412	+65.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	10	285.00	$285.00	$1,137	—
466	466	6	245.00	$245.00	$1,142	—
665	665	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,629	—
678 value added	678	8	245.00	$245.00	$1,661	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279	279	4	275.00	$275.00	$767	—
315–338	328	13	260.00–279.00	$274.69	$901	+24.69
470	470	6	258.00	$258.00	$1,213	—
610	610	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,434	—
708	708	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,239	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	4	249.00	$249.00	$1,170	—
628	628	6	227.50	$227.50	$1,429	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,195	—
575–588	584	3	150.00–235.00	$207.09	$1,209	—
718	718	4	197.50	$197.50	$1,418	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	227.50	$227.50	$637	+55.00
313	313	3	220.00	$220.00	$689	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,276	—
532	532	3	267.50	$267.50	$1,423	—
645	645	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,403	—
720–730	723	4	187.00–197.50	$189.65	$1,371	—
850	850	4	170.00	$170.00	$1,445	-30.00
918	918	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,469	—
1088	1088	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,480	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	317.50	$317.50	$921	+15.00
370	370	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,147	—
438	438	2	281.00	$281.00	$1,231	—
525	525	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,444	+7.50
584 value added	584	4	265.00	$265.00	$1,548	—
615–640	628	2	220.00–224.00	$221.96	$1,394	—
735	735	2	197.50	$197.50	$1,452	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	250.00	$250.00	$845	—
383	383	3	268.00	$268.00	$1,026	—
521	521	4	259.00	$259.00	$1,349	—
675	675	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,282	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,408	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	215.00	$215.00	$559	—
450	450	2	195.00	$195.00	$878	-30.00

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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.