Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, April 10, 2026

199 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $496.68/cwt +36.68 vs last sale · ≈ $2,614/hd at 526 lb · 24 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $485.92/cwt +57.52 vs last sale · ≈ $2,720/hd at 560 lb · 13 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $390.00/cwt ≈ $3,011/hd at 772 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	199	168	0
Feeder cattle	199	168	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 66, Bulls 30) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

→ Feeder cattle: State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103
→ Feeder heifers: Heifers 66

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	3	520.00	$520.00	$1,966	—
400	400	2	527.50	$527.50	$2,110	—
488	488	2	500.00	$500.00	$2,440	+20.00
526–527 value added	526	22	480.00–530.00	$498.20	$2,621	—
530	530	2	480.00	$480.00	$2,544	+20.00
550 value added	550	7	511.00	$511.00	$2,810	—
565–590	571	6	430.00–465.00	$456.65	$2,607	+28.25
652	652	5	400.00	$400.00	$2,608	-6.00
662 value added	662	3	427.50	$427.50	$2,830	+24.56
730 value added	730	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,628	—
748	748	2	360.00	$360.00	$2,693	+22.50
845	845	3	347.50	$347.50	$2,936	+15.00
893	893	7	342.50	$342.50	$3,059	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459	459	5	505.00	$505.00	$2,318	—
573 value added	573	2	485.00	$485.00	$2,779	—
772 value added	772	13	390.00	$390.00	$3,011	—
1092	1092	6	290.00	$290.00	$3,167	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	595.00	$595.00	$1,606	—
395	395	1	520.00	$520.00	$2,054	—
460	460	4	515.00	$515.00	$2,369	+45.00
895	895	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,774	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343 value added	343	2	565.00	$565.00	$1,938	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,380	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,338	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	475.00	$475.00	$1,235	—
310	310	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,426	—
351	351	5	505.00	$505.00	$1,773	+255.00
378 value added	378	3	505.00	$505.00	$1,909	—
465	465	8	465.00	$465.00	$2,162	+25.00
555–596	582	6	360.00–395.00	$383.88	$2,234	+27.58
644	644	6	345.00	$345.00	$2,222	—
658 value added	658	3	365.00	$365.00	$2,402	+15.00
793	793	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,458	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,228	—
365	365	2	509.00	$509.00	$1,858	+44.00
418	418	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,923	—
553	553	2	382.50	$382.50	$2,115	—
635 value added	635	3	387.50	$387.50	$2,461	—
720 value added	720	3	340.00	$340.00	$2,448	—
840	840	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,226	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453 value added	453	6	450.00	$450.00	$2,038	—
755 value added	755	4	327.50	$327.50	$2,473	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–490	460	4	390.00–420.00	$412.01	$1,895	—
695	695	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,050	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835	835	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,712	—

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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	2	590.00	$590.00	$1,711	—
493	493	3	468.00	$468.00	$2,307	—
535	535	5	445.00	$445.00	$2,381	—
620	620	1	377.50	$377.50	$2,340	—
700–727	720	4	322.50–347.50	$341.43	$2,458	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,900	—
547	547	3	400.00	$400.00	$2,188	—
568	568	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,272	+20.00
683	683	2	372.50	$372.50	$2,544	+42.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	4	430.00	$430.00	$1,991	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,952	—

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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.