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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Feb 21

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Nov 15Feb 21Mar 20 →

Receipts

111 head

▼ 65 vs last sale 176▲ 44 vs year ago 67 · +65.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 80, Heifers 9, Bulls 22)

Value Added and Natural 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 $289.02/cwt on 80 head.

Average price

$289.02

80 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$610

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$118.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.03

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	536	318.91	1,710	22
Medium and Large 2	560	291.67	1,633	6thin
Medium and Large 1	669	277.56	1,858	51
Medium and Large 3	550	200.00	1,100	1thin

One grade step is worth $118.91/cwt here — about $610 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 sale80 hd

289.02

—

VA average9 barns · 1,115 hd

266.99

+22.03

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

Every lot

26 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	800	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	448	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,460	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,515	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	519	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,588	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	526	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,688	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,603	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	548	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,685	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Value Added	550	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,100	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	684	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,932	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	765	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,893	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	765	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,683	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	922	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	510	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	867	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	602	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	963	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	757	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,419	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	340	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	629	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	408	248.01/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,012	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	440	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,199	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	455	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,240	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	967	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	495	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,040	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	510	229.56/cwt	207.50–252.50	1,171	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	555	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,041	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	630	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,027	2

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 111Last week 176Year ago 67

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 80, Heifers 9, Bulls 22)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	187.50	187.50
2	—	340	185.00	185.00
2	—	495	210.00	210.00
2	—	510	207.50–252.50	229.56
3	—	440	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	163.00	163.00
1	—	455	272.50	272.50
5	—	408	245.00–250.00	248.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	321.00	321.00
1	—	665	260.00	260.00
2	—	530	302.50	302.50
1	—	330	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	575	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	765	247.50	247.50
29	—	684	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	548	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	321.00	321.00
4	—	448	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	220.00	220.00
5	—	519	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	170.00	170.00
3	—	602	160.00	160.00

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.