Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, September 6, 2024

376 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $254.09/cwt ≈ $1,709/hd at 672 lb · 38 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $212.57/cwt -0.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,437/hd at 676 lb · 35 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $202.89/cwt -19.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,471/hd at 725 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	376	217	411
Feeder cattle	376	217	411

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 155, Heifers 198, Bulls 23) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are mostly Value Added and VQA (Virginia Quality Assured)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,136	—
485	485	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,212	-17.22
518	518	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,373	+5.00
534	534	4	281.00	$281.00	$1,501	+26.00
541 value added	541	6	287.00	$287.00	$1,553	—
563	563	5	276.00	$276.00	$1,554	—
644	644	26	263.50	$263.50	$1,697	—
666	666	11	259.50	$259.50	$1,728	—
665–695	675	27	231.00–255.00	$251.89	$1,700	—
710–740	725	2	202.50–217.00	$209.90	$1,522	-35.10
730	730	4	237.00	$237.00	$1,730	-8.00
838	838	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,802	-16.00
935	935	2	218.00	$218.00	$2,038	+38.00
936 value added	936	5	206.00	$206.00	$1,928	-21.50
950	950	1	227.50	$227.50	$2,161	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	2	257.50	$257.50	$1,038	-17.50
518	518	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,347	+2.50
560–593	585	6	180.00–235.00	$214.38	$1,254	—
623	623	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,445	-32.00
655 value added	655	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,343	—
660–685	678	11	215.00–223.00	$220.73	$1,497	-24.27
760	760	2	223.00	$223.00	$1,695	—
900	900	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,778	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,359	—
605	605	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,543	—
664 value added	664	9	241.00	$241.00	$1,600	—
711	711	4	233.00	$233.00	$1,657	-18.00
731 value added	731	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,689	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,368	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	235.00	$235.00	$846	-30.00
455	455	4	252.50	$252.50	$1,149	—
545–549	549	8	220.00–230.00	$228.76	$1,256	-19.24
579	579	5	239.00	$239.00	$1,384	-6.16
601	601	16	245.00	$245.00	$1,472	+15.00
660–691	676	35	206.00–216.00	$212.57	$1,437	-13.43
719	719	5	192.50	$192.50	$1,384	-29.50
700–728	726	27	202.50–205.00	$204.82	$1,487	-17.18
755 value added	755	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,434	—
760–795	778	2	160.00–207.50	$183.22	$1,425	—
805	805	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,308	—
810 value added	810	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,620	—
885 value added	885	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,637	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504–523	510	10	222.50–227.50	$225.96	$1,152	—
565	565	3	217.50	$217.50	$1,229	—
621	621	15	238.00	$238.00	$1,478	—
636 value added	636	11	239.00	$239.00	$1,520	—
694	694	9	200.00	$200.00	$1,388	—
738	738	14	227.50	$227.50	$1,679	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	227.50	$227.50	$819	-32.70
453	453	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,092	—
549	549	4	222.50	$222.50	$1,222	-2.50
660 value added	660	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,270	—
690	690	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,104	—
785	785	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,334	-46.00
800	800	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,440	—
885	885	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,593	-31.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	190.00	$190.00	$864	—
620–630	625	2	202.50–205.00	$203.74	$1,273	—
750	750	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,200	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,144	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	2	185.00	$185.00	$875	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597	597	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,313	-5.00
638	638	3	222.00	$222.00	$1,416	—
765–785	775	2	175.00–195.00	$185.13	$1,435	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	255.00	$255.00	$842	—
430	430	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,010	—
550	550	3	212.50	$212.50	$1,169	—
665	665	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,450	—
740	740	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,498	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	4	207.50	$207.50	$1,567	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	3	125.00	$125.00	$622	—

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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.