Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, April 4, 2025

236 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $279.64/cwt -4.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,658/hd at 593 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $296.31/cwt ≈ $1,387/hd at 468 lb · 13 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $229.98/cwt ≈ $1,670/hd at 726 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	236	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–370	365	4	350.00–380.00	$372.81	$1,361	—
445 value added	445	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,558	—
459	459	5	355.00	$355.00	$1,629	—
533–541	537	11	352.50–355.00	$353.85	$1,900	—
556 value added	556	5	335.00	$335.00	$1,863	+6.00
594	594	4	332.50	$332.50	$1,975	—
670	670	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,044	+50.00
839–848	841	8	245.00–260.00	$256.22	$2,155	—
950	950	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,114	-0.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	7	339.00	$339.00	$1,966	—
619 value added	619	6	325.00	$325.00	$2,012	—
703	703	6	282.50	$282.50	$1,986	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,068	—
380	380	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,330	—
430	430	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,570	—
507–523 value added	513	5	332.50–355.00	$345.83	$1,774	—
525	525	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,864	—
645	645	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,870	—
655	655	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,047	+30.00
740	740	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,628	—
968	968	2	225.00	$225.00	$2,178	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546 value added	546	7	330.00	$330.00	$1,802	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373 value added	373	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,343	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	270.00	$270.00	$648	—
270	270	2	345.00	$345.00	$932	—
433	433	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,234	-25.00
459–481	468	13	265.00–300.00	$296.31	$1,387	—
503	503	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,509	+10.00
505 value added	505	6	290.00	$290.00	$1,464	—
590–594	593	14	277.50–280.00	$279.64	$1,658	+10.45
635 value added	635	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,714	—
650–670	660	2	225.00–245.00	$235.15	$1,552	-18.62
708–748	726	13	227.50–235.00	$229.98	$1,670	—
798	798	5	241.00	$241.00	$1,923	—
838–840	839	3	220.00–228.00	$225.33	$1,891	+12.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	375	4	260.00–300.00	$290.40	$1,089	—
433	433	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,234	—
455–490	473	2	280.00–287.50	$283.89	$1,343	-28.61
529–540	531	9	280.00–292.50	$289.68	$1,538	+14.68
715	715	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,502	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533 value added	533	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,626	—
641	641	7	267.00	$267.00	$1,711	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,241	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	340.00	$340.00	$986	—
450	450	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,508	—
560–596	586	7	315.00–323.00	$317.19	$1,859	—
615–625	620	2	290.00–305.00	$297.44	$1,844	+42.44
673	673	3	291.00	$291.00	$1,958	—
789	789	5	219.00	$219.00	$1,728	—
835	835	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,870	—
865	865	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,929	—
915	915	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,922	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,292	—
425	425	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,445	+5.00
473	473	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,514	—
585	585	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,609	+25.00
640	640	5	262.50	$262.50	$1,680	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	185.00	$185.00	$888	—
550	550	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,292	—
755	755	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,170	—
935	935	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,543	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	5	221.00	$221.00	$1,702	—

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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.