Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2023-04-19

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Apr 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
76 head
▼ 322 vs last sale 398▼ 242 vs year ago 318 · −76.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 26, Bulls 4)

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 $225.85/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$225.85
46 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,180
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$329
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$55.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.03
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546235.471,28719thin
Medium and Large 2495235.211,16312thin
Medium and Large 3511212.711,08612thin
Medium and Large 2-3532180.009583thin
One grade step is worth $55.47/cwt here — about $329 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 sale46 hd
225.85
—
VA average13 barns · 2,455 hd
222.82
+3.03
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2280251.00/cwt251.00–251.007031
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added395252.50/cwt252.50–252.509973
Steers—Medium and Large 2400234.00/cwt234.00–234.009361
Steers—Medium and Large 3415230.00/cwt230.00–230.009552
Steers—Medium and Large 2450255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1487
Steers—Medium and Large 1463242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1236
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added504267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3484
Steers—Medium and Large 1515232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1972
Steers—Medium and Large 3520180.00/cwt180.00–180.009361
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added532180.00/cwt180.00–180.009583
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added560255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4282
Steers—Medium and Large 2580180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0441
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added599192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,1536
Steers—Medium and Large 1618217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3412
Steers—Medium and Large 1678185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2542
Steers—Medium and Large 2735197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,4521
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added790175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3831
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added845170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4371
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425190.00/cwt190.00–190.008082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438207.50/cwt207.50–207.509096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483192.50/cwt192.50–192.509303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added496222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1046
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533172.50/cwt172.50–172.509192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575167.50/cwt167.50–167.509631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added628186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1683
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385172.50/cwt172.50–172.506641
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1603199.00/cwt196.00–202.001,2002

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.