Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2022-09-21

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Sep 21
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
457 head
▲ 248 vs last sale 209▲ 457 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 227, Heifers 227, Bulls 3)

Value Added 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 $172.43/cwt on 227 head.
Average price
$172.43
227 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,182
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$267
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.01
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1637176.821,12698
Medium and Large 2473176.6983616thin
Medium and Large 1-2763170.231,298107
Medium and Large 3668128.678596thin
One grade step is worth $48.15/cwt here — about $267 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 sale227 hd
172.43
—
VA average10 barns · 1,107 hd
170.42
+2.01
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1355185.00/cwt185.00–185.006571
Steers—Medium and Large 2378175.00/cwt175.00–175.006622
Steers—Medium and Large 2415128.00/cwt128.00–128.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 2453188.00/cwt188.00–188.0085210
Steers—Medium and Large 1466199.23/cwt196.00–200.009285
Steers—Medium and Large 1530164.00/cwt164.00–164.008691
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,02811
Steers—Medium and Large 1570191.40/cwt186.00–198.001,09133
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added575160.00/cwt160.00–160.009202
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added603126.00/cwt126.00–126.007602
Steers—Medium and Large 1668168.29/cwt165.00–171.001,12447
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,1427
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009104
Steers—Medium and Large 2715149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0651
Steers—Medium and Large 1733162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1876
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added754168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,27040
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,25222
Steers—Medium and Large 1843160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3492
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added877172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,50827
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added973155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5083
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362132.00/cwt132.00–132.0047810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added433149.00/cwt149.00–149.0064510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433141.16/cwt105.00–146.0061117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2452155.00/cwt155.00–155.0070124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530135.00/cwt135.00–135.007164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540137.00/cwt137.00–137.0074028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553134.00/cwt134.00–134.007417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563143.00/cwt143.00–143.0080510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631134.50/cwt134.50–134.5084913
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added645101.00/cwt101.00–101.006513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added651160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,04223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2652126.00/cwt126.00–126.008223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656130.50/cwt130.50–130.5085624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728131.25/cwt131.25–131.259562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added738156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,15115
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added74595.00/cwt95.00–95.007082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added761162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,23310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added855131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,12021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355138.00/cwt138.00–138.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 151593.00/cwt93.00–93.004792

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.