Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2022-05-18

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, May 18
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
112 head
▼ 206 vs last sale 318▲ 58 vs year ago 54 · +107.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 68, Bulls 2)

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 $151.57/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$151.57
68 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.26
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535156.8883932
Medium and Large 1-2442153.2067720
Medium and Large 3550146.008032thin
Medium and Large 2653137.9390014thin
One grade step is worth $18.95/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale68 hd
151.57
—
VA average11 barns · 2,124 hd
143.32
+8.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1285162.00/cwt162.00–162.004621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added330182.00/cwt182.00–182.006013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added412191.00/cwt191.00–191.0078711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added499192.00/cwt192.00–192.009584
Steers—Medium and Large 2515164.00/cwt164.00–164.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added585140.00/cwt140.00–140.008191
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added618164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0142
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added655161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0552
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added703153.17/cwt153.00–153.501,07712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added711154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0954
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added850140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280154.00/cwt154.00–154.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added330160.00/cwt160.00–160.0052812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added430165.50/cwt165.50–165.5071216
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445153.00/cwt153.00–153.006811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added470161.00/cwt161.00–161.007571
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added550146.00/cwt146.00–146.008032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added562161.00/cwt161.00–161.009056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added602149.00/cwt149.00–149.008977
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609143.00/cwt143.00–143.008718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added680131.00/cwt131.00–131.008911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added713134.00/cwt134.00–134.0095510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added810123.00/cwt123.00–123.009961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added983116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1402
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460150.00/cwt150.00–150.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540152.00/cwt152.00–152.008211

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.