Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2022-07-20

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Jul 20
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
171 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 112▼ 234 vs year ago 405 · −57.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 42, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.88/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$168.88
128 head · 786 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,328
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$678
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.24
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1810172.351,39681
Medium and Large 1-2766166.791,27742
Medium and Large 2553137.337603thin
Medium and Large 3598120.007182thin
One grade step is worth $52.35/cwt here — about $678 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 sale128 hd
168.88
—
VA average10 barns · 1,247 hd
165.65
+3.24
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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1418144.88/cwt125.00–165.006062
Steers—Medium and Large 2455139.00/cwt139.00–139.006321
Steers—Medium and Large 1573158.00/cwt158.00–158.009052
Steers—Medium and Large 2585153.00/cwt153.00–153.008951
Steers—Medium and Large 3598120.00/cwt120.00–120.007182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural615175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,07611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1038
Steers—Medium and Large 2620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural659186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,22617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural716168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2034
Steers—Medium and Large 1735159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1691
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added872171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,49557
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added898161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,45014
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added985129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,008143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,4415
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455100.00/cwt100.00–100.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465132.00/cwt132.00–132.006143
Heifers—Medium and Large 3487130.00/cwt130.00–130.006333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495124.00/cwt124.00–124.006141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573156.81/cwt130.00–165.0089917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural602145.00/cwt145.00–145.008735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618143.00/cwt143.00–143.008846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635121.00/cwt121.00–121.007681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725129.00/cwt129.00–129.009354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1745130.00/cwt130.00–130.009691

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.