Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2022-12-14

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Dec 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
112 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 143▲ 4 vs year ago 108 · +3.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 43, Bulls 7)

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 $164.27/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$164.27
62 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$308
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$43.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.02
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2594193.001,1469thin
Medium and Large 1723165.001,19334
Medium and Large 2561149.3783819thin
One grade step is worth $43.63/cwt here — about $308 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 sale62 hd
164.27
—
VA average8 barns · 1,586 hd
169.29
−5.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 238084.00/cwt84.00–84.003191
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added390145.00/cwt145.00–145.005662
Steers—Medium and Large 2447167.00/cwt167.00–167.007465
Steers—Medium and Large 1475175.00/cwt175.00–175.008314
Steers—Medium and Large 1539166.50/cwt157.00–171.008973
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added573159.00/cwt159.00–159.009112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,1469
Steers—Medium and Large 1610160.00/cwt160.00–160.009761
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added620160.00/cwt160.00–160.009922
Steers—Medium and Large 2645156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0062
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added658130.00/cwt130.00–130.008552
Steers—Medium and Large 1678150.08/cwt130.00–157.001,0184
Steers—Medium and Large 2702149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0463
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added705146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0292
Steers—Medium and Large 1748146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0922
Steers—Medium and Large 1820131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0741
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added834171.01/cwt130.00–173.501,42617
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365136.00/cwt136.00–136.004961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added425151.00/cwt151.00–151.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457142.00/cwt142.00–142.006493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485152.00/cwt152.00–152.007376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535146.00/cwt146.00–146.007815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619144.09/cwt141.00–146.008928
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715130.00/cwt130.00–130.009301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added723149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,07712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2915123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424125.00/cwt125.00–125.005304
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585122.00/cwt122.00–122.007143

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.