Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2022-04-20

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Apr 20
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
318 head
▲ 109 vs last sale 209▲ 56 vs year ago 262 · +21.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 144, Heifers 170, Bulls 4)

Value Added and Natural 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 $146.71/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$146.71
170 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$918
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$380
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.92
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1634148.87944121
Medium and Large 1-2630148.6493628
Medium and Large 2609133.0081016thin
Medium and Large 3443127.405655thin
One grade step is worth $21.47/cwt here — about $380 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 sale170 hd
146.71
—
VA average9 barns · 1,448 hd
141.79
+4.92
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1345168.00/cwt168.00–168.005801
Steers—Medium and Large 3430151.00/cwt151.00–151.006491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468183.00/cwt183.00–183.008563
Steers—Medium and Large 2485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007762
Steers—Medium and Large 1489198.61/cwt198.00–199.0097120
Steers—Medium and Large 1531188.00/cwt188.00–188.0099817
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added531170.00/cwt170.00–170.009034
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added545145.00/cwt145.00–145.007901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568172.00/cwt172.00–172.009774
Steers—Medium and Large 1575160.00/cwt160.00–160.009201
Steers—Medium and Large 2580171.00/cwt171.00–171.009921
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added620119.00/cwt119.00–119.007381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added638184.48/cwt181.00–190.501,17727
Steers—Medium and Large 1645160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0324
Steers—Medium and Large 2652160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0433
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added678178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added749156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,16810
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added755140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0571
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural769173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,33429
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added828143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1845
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added1,005129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2963
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360127.00/cwt127.00–127.004572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363142.00/cwt142.00–142.005152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added420159.00/cwt159.00–159.006681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427166.00/cwt166.00–166.007093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2448150.00/cwt150.00–150.006723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461159.00/cwt159.00–159.0073312
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463135.00/cwt135.00–135.006252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added515158.00/cwt158.00–158.0081429
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534118.34/cwt109.00–137.006326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565152.00/cwt152.00–152.008592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567151.00/cwt151.00–151.008566
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570113.00/cwt113.00–113.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627145.00/cwt145.00–145.009093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added647148.00/cwt148.00–148.0095822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2658144.00/cwt144.00–144.009483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added707148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural730144.25/cwt144.25–144.251,05350
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural752141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,0645
Heifers—Medium and Large 2805134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0794
Heifers—Medium and Large 181095.00/cwt95.00–95.007701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added854124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0594
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490171.00/cwt171.00–171.008382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578155.00/cwt155.00–155.008962

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.