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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Mar 20

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Feb 21Mar 20Apr 17 →

Receipts

161 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 111▲ 94 vs year ago 67 · +140.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 64, Bulls 1)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.64/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −158.61 against this barn's trailing median of $476.25.

Average price

$317.64

18 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$82

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

$16.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.54

vs VA average

−0.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	321.94	1,700	9thin
Medium and Large 1	576	320.00	1,843	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	584	305.00	1,781	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.94/cwt here — about −$82 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

317.64

—

VA average10 barns · 745 hd

299.10

+18.54

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−0.65

This barn, trailing median3 sales

476.25

−158.61

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $520.54, low $384.03, median $476.25 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	971	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,254	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,576	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	486	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,640	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	503	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,672	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	529	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,746	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,633	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	576	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,843	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	584	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,781	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	602	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,656	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,713	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	675	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,924	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	677	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,953	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	695	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,616	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,631	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	726	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,942	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	764	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,795	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	770	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,733	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3Value Added	780	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,365	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	756	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,080	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	452	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,135	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,111	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	509	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,209	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,273	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	571	235.94/cwt	205.00–239.00	1,347	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,397	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	620	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,476	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	675	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,553	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	675	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,418	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	678	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,526	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,453	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,511	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	980	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,480	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,268	1

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 Mar 20, 2024

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

Receipts 161Last week 111Year ago 67

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 64, Bulls 1)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	242.50	242.50
2	500–550	525	242.50	242.50
2	700–750	700	207.50	207.50
1	750–800	785	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	675	230.00	230.00
1	950–1000	980	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	452	251.00	251.00
5	550–600	575	243.00	243.00
9	600–650	620	238.00	238.00
5	650–700	678	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	571	205.00–239.00	235.94
2	650–700	675	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	630	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	509	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	576	320.00	320.00
19	650–700	675	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	770	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	472	334.00	334.00
2	600–650	623	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	725	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	584	305.00	305.00
11	650–700	677	288.50	288.50
8	700–750	726	267.50	267.50
6	750–800	764	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	262.50	262.50
3	400–450	448	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	503	332.50	332.50
2	550–600	563	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	486	337.50	337.50
4	500–550	529	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	602	275.00	275.00
3	650–700	695	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	285.00	285.00

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.