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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Aug 21

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Jul 17Aug 21Sep 18 →

Receipts

116 head

▲ 69 vs last sale 47▼ 71 vs year ago 187 · −38.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 62, Bulls 3)

Value Added and Natural 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 $239.80/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −107.82 against this barn's trailing median of $347.63.

Average price

$239.80

10 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,332

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

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

$29.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.58

vs VA average

−4.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	587	254.00	1,491	5thin
Medium and Large 1	527	226.00	1,191	3thin
Medium and Large 2	520	225.00	1,170	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about $321 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale10 hd

239.80

—

VA average9 barns · 449 hd

243.38

−3.58

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−4.61

This barn, trailing median3 sales

347.63

−107.82

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

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	939	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	861	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,157	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,222	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	553	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,465	2
Steers	600–650	Small 1	605	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,343	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,480	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	646	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,599	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	732	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,684	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	754	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,742	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	825	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,898	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	955	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,120	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	715	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	833	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	903	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,191	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	587	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,491	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,357	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	635	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,657	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	677	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,564	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	699	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,601	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,720	11
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	930	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,748	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,098	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,241	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 Aug 21, 2024

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

Receipts 116Last week 47Year ago 187

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 62, Bulls 3)

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
2	550–600	553	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	226.00	226.00
3	600–650	617	220.00	220.00
9	650–700	699	229.00	229.00
11	800–850	815	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	930	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	220.00	220.00
5	350–400	359	232.00	232.00
1	400–450	405	223.00	223.00
2	500–550	520	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	587	254.00	254.00
7	650–700	677	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	635	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	210.00	210.00
1	450–500	470	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	305.00	305.00
3	400–450	417	277.50	277.50
7	600–650	627	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	265.00	265.00
16	700–750	732	230.00	230.00
1	950–1000	955	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	646	247.50	247.50
9	750–800	754	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	222.00	222.00

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.