Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, October 3, 2025

226 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $336.00/cwt ≈ $2,191/hd at 652 lb · 22 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $325.33/cwt +7.62 vs last sale · ≈ $2,199/hd at 676 lb · 15 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $392.50/cwt ≈ $1,625/hd at 414 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	226	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	9	395.00	$395.00	$1,706	—
494	494	11	400.00	$400.00	$1,976	—
748 value added	748	6	340.00	$340.00	$2,543	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	320	3	200.00–385.00	$325.26	$1,041	—
385	385	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,155	-140.00
523 value added	523	2	395.00	$395.00	$2,066	—
530	530	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,749	-53.96
625 value added	625	6	335.00	$335.00	$2,094	-70.00
675	675	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,025	—
816	816	5	344.00	$344.00	$2,807	—
976	976	4	295.00	$295.00	$2,879	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,318	—
470	470	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,598	-96.29
536–549	541	10	375.00–400.00	$389.86	$2,109	-32.14
605–648	632	4	315.00–340.00	$329.06	$2,080	-30.94
740	740	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,183	-55.00
908 value added	908	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,906	—
1220	1220	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,318	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
147	147	1	140.00	$140.00	$206	—
325	325	1	175.00	$175.00	$569	—
478	478	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,195	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668	668	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,670	—
825	825	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,578	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	11	392.50	$392.50	$1,625	—
469	469	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,688	-2.21
553	553	4	327.50	$327.50	$1,811	-22.01
554	554	7	335.00	$335.00	$1,856	-14.51
656	656	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,968	-17.71
686 value added	686	10	338.00	$338.00	$2,319	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,596	—
437	437	5	340.00	$340.00	$1,486	—
486	486	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,822	—
535	535	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,766	—
652	652	22	336.00	$336.00	$2,191	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,363	—
483–485	484	4	300.00–347.50	$335.59	$1,624	—
505 value added	505	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,162	—
581	581	4	328.00	$328.00	$1,906	-17.00
740	740	2	280.00	$280.00	$2,072	—
805	805	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,892	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308 value added	308	6	390.00	$390.00	$1,201	—
362 value added	362	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,412	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	4	365.00	$365.00	$1,146	—
475	475	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,282	—
486	486	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,822	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362 value added	362	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,140	—
388	388	4	425.00	$425.00	$1,649	—
405–440	431	4	355.00–357.50	$356.91	$1,538	-13.09
485	485	1	150.00	$150.00	$728	—
575	575	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,869	—
675	675	1	309.00	$309.00	$2,086	-38.50
710	710	1	282.50	$282.50	$2,006	—
936	936	4	235.00	$235.00	$2,200	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,491	—
558	558	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,869	—
641	641	6	315.00	$315.00	$2,019	-45.00
673	673	2	311.00	$311.00	$2,093	-44.00
732	732	3	290.00	$290.00	$2,123	—
795	795	1	269.00	$269.00	$2,139	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	180.00	$180.00	$648	—
475	475	1	175.00	$175.00	$831	—
553	553	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,327	-40.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552 value added	552	3	322.50	$322.50	$1,780	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	200.00	$200.00	$880	—

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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.