Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2021-04-21

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-21

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Apr 21

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Mar 17Apr 21May 19 →

Receipts

262 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 248▲ 262 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 146, Bulls 16)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.37/cwt on 146 head.

Average price

$131.37

146 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$371

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$23.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	632	135.72	858	79
Medium and Large 2-3	570	131.00	747	14thin
Medium and Large 2	472	127.23	601	15thin
Medium and Large 1	593	124.78	740	36
Medium and Large 3	435	112.00	487	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.72/cwt here — about $371 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 sale146 hd

131.37

—

VA average12 barns · 2,646 hd

131.92

−0.55

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	169.99/cwt	169.00–172.00	802	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	817	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	529	162.92/cwt	159.00–164.50	862	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	540	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	886	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	154.02/cwt	143.00–156.00	858	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	604	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	846	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	920	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	151.74/cwt	148.50–156.00	965	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	644	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	914	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	656	144.75/cwt	144.50–146.00	950	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	920	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,039	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,085	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	524	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	435	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	487	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	442	129.96/cwt	129.50–133.00	574	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	450	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	587	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	493	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	567	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	676	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	524	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	739	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	524	126.56/cwt	113.00–130.00	663	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	698	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	570	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	747	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	761	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	125.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	725	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	638	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	893	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	770	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	803	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	701	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	841	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	440	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	616	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	445	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	610	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	614	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	890	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	667	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	940	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	805	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	894	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	880	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	977	1

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Monterey Stockyard LLC - Monterey, VA

Wed Apr 21, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 262Last week 248Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 146, Bulls 16)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	140.00	140.00
2	—	500	140.00	140.00
3	—	667	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	137.00	137.00
1	—	805	111.00	111.00
1	—	880	111.00	111.00
6	—	614	145.00	145.00
1	—	500	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	529	132.00	132.00
10	—	642	120.00	120.00
4	—	450	130.50	130.50
10	—	669	120.00	120.00
2	—	580	120.00–130.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	133.00	133.00
6	—	572	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	141.00	141.00
51	—	638	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	442	129.50–133.00	129.96
5	—	524	113.00–130.00	126.56
2	—	493	115.00	115.00
1	—	385	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	701	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	570	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	140.00	140.00
7	—	557	143.00–156.00	154.02
14	—	636	148.50–156.00	151.74
43	—	742	140.00	140.00
3	—	472	169.00–172.00	169.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	172.00	172.00
6	—	656	144.50–146.00	144.75
3	—	630	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	644	142.00	142.00
1	—	730	126.00	126.00
7	—	529	159.00–164.50	162.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	604	140.00	140.00
2	—	540	164.00	164.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.