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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Apr 17

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Mar 20Apr 17May 15 →

Receipts

121 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 161▲ 45 vs year ago 76 · +59.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 83, Bulls 1)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.14/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −102.48 against this barn's trailing median of $347.63.

Average price

$245.14

14 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$15.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.31

vs VA average

−19.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	512	247.50	1,267	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	549	245.00	1,345	7thin
Medium and Large 1	545	232.00	1,264	1thin

One grade step is worth $15.50/cwt here — about $3 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale14 hd

245.14

—

VA average11 barns · 673 hd

240.83

+4.31

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−19.38

This barn, trailing median3 sales

347.63

−102.48

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $352.81, low $328.27, median $347.63 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

31 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	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	890	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,044	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	363	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,062	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,035	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,285	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,331	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	543	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,520	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	598	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,570	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	643	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,492	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,613	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	675	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,627	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	770	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,656	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	624	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	363	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	980	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	244.33/cwt	240.00–247.50	897	5
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	938	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	997	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	209.00/cwt	195.00–223.00	878	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	438	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,099	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	448	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	990	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,098	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	460	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,035	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	512	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,267	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,264	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	549	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,345	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	647	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,440	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	660	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,221	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	716	222.08/cwt	177.50–223.50	1,590	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,050	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 Apr 17, 2024

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

Receipts 121Last week 161Year ago 76

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 83, Bulls 1)

Value Added 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	550–600	560	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	237.50	237.50
2	400–450	420	195.00–223.00	209.00
6	450–500	452	243.00	243.00
1	500–550	545	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	251.00	251.00
32	700–750	716	177.50–223.50	222.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	460	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	660	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	240.00–247.50	244.33
3	400–450	417	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	549	245.00	245.00
3	600–650	647	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	195.00	195.00
5	400–450	448	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	643	232.00	232.00
1	750–800	770	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	290.00	290.00
1	400–450	445	232.50	232.50
15	450–500	459	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	543	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	292.50	292.50
1	650–700	675	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	282.50	282.50
1	400–450	445	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	665	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	282.50	282.50
2	550–600	598	262.50	262.50

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.