Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2021-03-17

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Mar 17
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
← earliestMar 17Apr 21 →
Receipts
248 head
▲ 248 vs last sale 0▲ 248 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 119, Heifers 116, Bulls 13)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.30/cwt on 119 head.
Average price
$143.30
119 head · 694 lb average
Value per head Derived
$994
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$637
per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.34
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1315148.004661thin
Medium and Large 1670146.3598065
Medium and Large 1-2662145.0696017thin
Medium and Large 3486137.006665thin
Medium and Large 2807136.811,10431
One grade step is worth $11.19/cwt here — about −$637 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale119 hd
143.30
—
VA average11 barns · 3,263 hd
146.64
−3.34
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 lots · USDA AMS · Monterey Stockyard LLC - Monterey, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1315148.00/cwt148.00–148.004661
Steers—Medium and Large 2335151.00/cwt151.00–151.005061
Steers—Medium and Large 3337151.00/cwt151.00–151.005093
Steers—Medium and Large 1375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005632
Steers—Medium and Large 1480166.00/cwt166.00–166.0079715
Steers—Medium and Large 2520159.00/cwt159.00–159.008272
Steers—Medium and Large 1609151.96/cwt147.00–154.0092517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621150.00/cwt150.00–150.009325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679143.00/cwt143.00–143.0097112
Steers—Medium and Large 1690129.00/cwt129.00–129.008903
Steers—Medium and Large 3710116.00/cwt116.00–116.008242
Steers—Medium and Large 1766133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,0234
Steers—Medium and Large 1813135.73/cwt135.50–136.751,10316
Steers—Medium and Large 2844134.72/cwt130.00–135.501,13728
Steers—Medium and Large 1855135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1546
Steers—Medium and Large 1975118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,1552
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3337121.00/cwt121.00–121.004083
Heifers—Small 1342111.00/cwt111.00–111.003805
Heifers—Medium and Large 2356120.00/cwt120.00–120.004275
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380120.00/cwt120.00–120.004561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417125.00/cwt125.00–125.005213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425122.00/cwt122.00–122.005192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524123.00/cwt123.00–123.006454
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535116.00/cwt116.00–116.006212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590125.50/cwt125.50–125.507404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1601124.50/cwt124.50–124.5074813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618121.91/cwt117.25–125.507537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656117.25/cwt117.25–117.2576937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677111.19/cwt106.00–116.0075319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781107.37/cwt105.00–110.0083911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635124.00/cwt124.00–124.007871
Bulls—Medium and Large 2686128.00/cwt128.00–128.008785
Bulls—Medium and Large 2823107.00/cwt107.00–107.008812
Bulls—Medium and Large 183899.00/cwt99.00–99.008302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285396.00/cwt96.00–96.008192

This sale against other markets

Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.