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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-15

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Feb 15

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Jan 18Feb 15Apr 5 →

Receipts

67 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 48▼ 41 vs year ago 108 · −38.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 30)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $193.28/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$193.28

37 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,186

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$228

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$17.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.88

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	500	207.00	1,035	2thin
Medium and Large 2	540	200.44	1,083	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	601	192.00	1,154	10thin
Medium and Large 1	668	189.06	1,263	17thin

One grade step is worth $17.94/cwt here — about −$228 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 sale37 hd

193.28

—

VA average8 barns · 1,363 hd

189.41

+3.88

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	458	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	934	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,035	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	503	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,071	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	508	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,102	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,100	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	565	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	918	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	610	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,257	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	678	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,220	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	684	185.27/cwt	185.00–186.00	1,267	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	805	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,360	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,337	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	648	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	592	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	418	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	686	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	488	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	781	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	495	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	812	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	885	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	618	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	924	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	653	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	842	2
Heifers	—	Small 1Value Added	710	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	568	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	778	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	988	6

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Monterey Stockyard LLC - Monterey, VA

Wed Feb 15, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 67Last week 48Year ago 108

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 30)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	160.00	160.00
1	—	495	164.00	164.00
6	—	543	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	778	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	160.00	160.00
2	—	653	129.00	129.00
2	—	418	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	618	149.50	149.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	678	180.00	180.00
6	—	550	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	508	217.00	217.00
1	—	565	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	684	185.00–186.00	185.27
2	—	805	169.00	169.00
2	—	610	206.00	206.00
2	—	503	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	165.00	165.00
2	—	458	204.00	204.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.