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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Oct 2

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Sep 18Oct 2Oct 16 →

Receipts

130 head

▼ 142 vs last sale 272▼ 359 vs year ago 489 · −73.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 35, Bulls 1)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

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 $275.65/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −200.60 against this barn's trailing median of $476.25.

Average price

$275.65

51 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$13.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.81

vs VA average

−11.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	275.92	1,559	50
Medium and Large 2	545	262.00	1,428	1thin

One grade step is worth $13.92/cwt here — about $131 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 sale51 hd

275.65

—

VA average7 barns · 224 hd

260.83

+14.81

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−11.17

This barn, trailing median3 sales

476.25

−200.60

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

18 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	296.03/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,391	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,428	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,582	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,632	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	238.36/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,490	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,553	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,646	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	763	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	203.46/cwt	179.00–227.00	789	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,104	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,237	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,226	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	566	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,302	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,342	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,399	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,489	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	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 Oct 2, 2024

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

Receipts 130Last week 272Year ago 489

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 35, 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	750–800	790	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	179.00–227.00	203.46
3	450–500	468	236.00	236.00
4	500–550	538	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	610	220.00	220.00
6	700–750	716	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	215.00	215.00
1	550–600	565	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	686	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	566	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	470	285.00–298.00	296.03
8	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
42	550–600	569	278.00	278.00
1	600–650	600	272.00	272.00
4	650–700	684	227.00	227.00
2	700–750	745	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	625	234.00–245.00	238.36

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.