Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2024-07-17

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Jul 17
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
47 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 59▲ 5 vs year ago 42 · +11.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 6, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $290.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −186.25 against this barn's trailing median of $476.25.
Average price
$290.00
4 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.98
vs VA average
−1.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593290.001,7204thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
290.00
—
VA average11 barns · 550 hd
281.02
+8.98
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
−1.09
This barn, trailing median3 sales
476.25
−186.25
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
535480425370median 476.2503/1803/1804/1510/2110/21
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

12 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added480295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4162
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7204
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural676287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,94419
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,8762
Steers750–800Medium and Large 375082.50/cwt82.50–82.506191
Steers800–850Small 1Value Added840185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,5581
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2852232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,9813
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added926230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1308
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1524
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3531
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1161

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.