Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2022-03-16

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Mar 16
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
209 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 108▼ 39 vs year ago 248 · −15.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 140, Bulls 5)

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 $141.27/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$141.27
140 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$893
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 2
$22.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.06
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3472153.0072210thin
Medium and Large 1-2643144.6993026
Medium and Large 1657140.0092096
Medium and Large 2492130.756438thin
One grade step is worth $22.25/cwt here — about $79 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 sale140 hd
141.27
—
VA average11 barns · 1,766 hd
140.21
+1.06
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1395161.00/cwt161.00–161.006362
Steers—Medium and Large 1482160.28/cwt153.00–162.007735
Steers—Medium and Large 1554179.00/cwt179.00–179.0099213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0266
Steers—Medium and Large 1630162.76/cwt162.00–163.001,0254
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added642162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0406
Steers—Medium and Large 2665140.00/cwt140.00–140.009311
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added679171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,16112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added759145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1017
Steers—Medium and Large 1763136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0383
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added830140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1622
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added913138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,2602
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405115.00/cwt115.00–115.004661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414133.00/cwt133.00–133.005515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458149.00/cwt149.00–149.0068214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added472153.00/cwt153.00–153.0072210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added483152.00/cwt152.00–152.007342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517148.00/cwt148.00–148.0076519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550153.00/cwt153.00–153.0084210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622127.00/cwt127.00–127.007903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642129.18/cwt125.00–130.008296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added653143.00/cwt143.00–143.009349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added661141.00/cwt141.00–141.009329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added763135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added793135.09/cwt135.00–136.001,07145
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440147.00/cwt147.00–147.006472
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467140.00/cwt140.00–140.006543

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.