Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2021-08-18

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Aug 18
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
392 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 405▲ 392 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 187, Heifers 197, Bulls 8)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.09/cwt on 197 head.
Average price
$129.09
197 head · 796 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,027
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$413
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.02
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1838131.301,100149
Medium and Large 1-2670124.3583341
Medium and Large 2625109.906877thin
One grade step is worth $21.40/cwt here — about $413 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 sale197 hd
129.09
—
VA average11 barns · 1,911 hd
129.12
−0.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 2455147.50/cwt147.50–147.506711
Steers—Medium and Large 1463157.00/cwt157.00–157.007272
Steers—Medium and Large 2535149.75/cwt149.75–149.758011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added546154.75/cwt154.75–154.7584511
Steers—Medium and Large 1566153.50/cwt153.50–153.508696
Steers—Medium and Large 2575123.00/cwt123.00–123.007071
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added623154.25/cwt154.25–154.2596116
Steers—Medium and Large 1662144.50/cwt144.50–144.509575
Steers—Medium and Large 1700140.00/cwt140.00–140.009801
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added715153.25/cwt153.25–153.251,09619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,06913
Steers—Medium and Large 1758144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,0953
Steers—Medium and Large 1814139.87/cwt139.50–140.251,13914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added828150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,24261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added895143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,28420
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added1,054117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2335
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465119.00/cwt119.00–119.005534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514122.00/cwt122.00–122.006275
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540118.00/cwt118.00–118.006371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568136.50/cwt136.50–136.5077519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620112.00/cwt112.00–112.006941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added626117.00/cwt117.00–117.007326
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added633108.00/cwt108.00–108.006842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2643108.82/cwt90.00–115.007004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1697110.00/cwt110.00–110.007677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768115.00/cwt115.00–115.008833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added780110.00/cwt110.00–110.008582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added868134.02/cwt132.00–134.251,163128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added972109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,05911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365147.00/cwt147.00–147.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617131.00/cwt131.00–131.008083
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 370993.00/cwt93.00–93.006597

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.