Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2024-05-15

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, May 15

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Apr 17May 15Jul 17 →

Receipts

59 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 121▼ 17 vs year ago 76 · −22.4%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 23, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $271.88/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −150.38 against this barn's trailing median of $422.26.

Average price

$271.88

8 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.90

vs VA average

−9.81 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	624	275.00	1,716	7thin
Medium and Large 1	640	250.00	1,600	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

271.88

—

VA average8 barns · 294 hd

278.77

−6.90

National average148 barns · 8,703 hd

281.68

−9.81

This barn, trailing median3 sales

422.26

−150.38

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 600–700 lb

3 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $485.38, low $342.62, median $422.26 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

17 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,184	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	482	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,530	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	624	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,716	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	710	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,828	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	781	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,843	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	981	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	463	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,215	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,125	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	543	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,262	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	657	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,452	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,006	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,206	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	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 May 15, 2024

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

Receipts 59Last week 121Year ago 76

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 23, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

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	450	218.00	218.00
1	500–550	500	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	600	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	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
9	650–700	657	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	262.50	262.50
4	500–550	543	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	307.50	307.50
1	600–650	640	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	317.50	317.50
7	600–650	624	275.00	275.00
5	750–800	781	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	710	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	242.50	242.50
2	500–550	513	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	570	240.00	240.00

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.