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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Oct 16

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Oct 2Oct 16Nov 6 →

Receipts

339 head

▲ 209 vs last sale 130▼ 180 vs year ago 519 · −34.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 182, Heifers 137, Bulls 20)

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 $260.62/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −215.63 against this barn's trailing median of $476.25.

Average price

$260.62

40 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$24.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.58

vs VA average

−38.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	264.47	1,467	31
Medium and Large 1-2	535	251.00	1,343	6thin
Medium and Large 2	547	240.00	1,313	3thin

One grade step is worth $24.47/cwt here — about $154 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 sale40 hd

260.62

—

VA average11 barns · 735 hd

260.04

+0.58

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−38.71

This barn, trailing median3 sales

476.25

−215.63

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

55 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	803	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	320	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	960	2
Steers	300–350	Small 1Value Added	340	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	570	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3Value Added	380	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	912	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	300.51/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,274	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,151	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	470	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,410	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	285.58/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,368	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	535	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,343	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	266.94/cwt	265.50–273.00	1,433	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,313	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,473	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	249.71/cwt	221.00–258.50	1,523	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,581	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	663	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,565	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,695	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	757	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,665	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,738	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	823	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,819	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	848	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,984	11
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	966	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,096	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	358	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	671	3
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	375	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	497	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	817	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	834	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	906	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	438	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	920	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	995	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	943	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,068	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	215.60/cwt	182.50–220.00	1,147	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,195	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	554	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,269	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,152	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	592	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,169	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	605	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,349	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	608	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,344	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	199.15/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,245	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,299	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	698	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,522	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,438	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,483	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	779	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,714	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	793	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,776	14
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,726	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	870	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,479	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	984	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,114	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,137	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,128	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,110	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 16, 2024

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

Receipts 339Last week 130Year ago 519

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 182, Heifers 137, Bulls 20)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	424	285.00–302.50	300.51
14	450–500	479	280.00–293.00	285.58
5	500–550	537	265.50–273.00	266.94
26	550–600	558	264.00	264.00
26	600–650	610	221.00–258.50	249.71
11	650–700	656	241.00	241.00
5	700–750	737	230.00	230.00
4	800–850	801	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	267.50	267.50
1	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
11	800–850	848	234.00	234.00
9	950–1000	966	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	246.00	246.00
3	500–550	547	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
6	500–550	535	251.00	251.00
7	600–650	600	255.00	255.00
13	650–700	663	236.00	236.00
5	750–800	757	220.00	220.00
3	800–850	823	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	554	229.00	229.00
12	600–650	605	223.00	223.00
9	650–700	698	218.00	218.00
14	750–800	793	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	187.50	187.50
2	400–450	438	210.00	210.00
9	600–650	608	221.00	221.00
7	750–800	779	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	870	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	215.00	215.00
1	400–450	405	206.00	206.00
1	450–500	460	205.00	205.00
8	500–550	532	182.50–220.00	215.60
6	600–650	643	202.00	202.00
1	700–750	720	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	592	197.50	197.50
1	850–900	850	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	412	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	446	223.00	223.00
2	450–500	490	218.00	218.00
7	500–550	543	220.00	220.00
3	550–600	555	207.50	207.50
14	600–650	625	198.00–200.00	199.15
6	700–750	719	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	160.00	160.00
1	700–750	705	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	200.00	200.00
7	450–500	474	235.00	235.00
4	600–650	608	187.00	187.00
1	700–750	740	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	230.00	230.00

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.