Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2023-11-15

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Nov 15
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
176 head
▼ 343 vs last sale 519▲ 33 vs year ago 143 · +23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 74, Bulls 8)

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 $221.64/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$221.64
94 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,429
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$555
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$55.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.07
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636230.351,46546
Medium and Large 2531221.121,17521
Medium and Large 1-2757208.461,57726
Medium and Large 3520175.009101thin
One grade step is worth $55.35/cwt here — about $555 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 sale94 hd
221.64
—
VA average9 barns · 1,419 hd
220.57
+1.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2423215.31/cwt190.00–257.509113
Steers—Medium and Large 2450227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0243
Steers—Medium and Large 1459267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2285
Steers—Medium and Large 3520175.00/cwt175.00–175.009101
Steers—Medium and Large 2543225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2229
Steers—Medium and Large 1545257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,40311
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added587230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3503
Steers—Medium and Large 2630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2603
Steers—Medium and Large 1661221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,46121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,49115
Steers—Medium and Large 1722205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4806
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added757205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added873207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,8116
Steers—Medium and Large 1920185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7023
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315172.50/cwt172.50–172.505432
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385177.50/cwt177.50–177.506831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473171.28/cwt160.00–174.008105
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473151.01/cwt145.00–152.507145
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added510112.50/cwt112.50–112.505741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528154.04/cwt145.00–162.508132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550157.50/cwt157.50–157.5086610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1551170.00/cwt170.00–170.0093713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1646152.50/cwt152.50–152.5098514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added650160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2653140.00/cwt140.00–140.009143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690141.00/cwt141.00–141.009731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added746169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added759155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1768
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340182.00/cwt182.00–182.006191
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570138.00/cwt138.00–138.007873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1653190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1760135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0261

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.