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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Nov 6

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Oct 16Nov 6Nov 20 →

Receipts

269 head

▼ 70 vs last sale 339▼ 250 vs year ago 519 · −48.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 105, Heifers 130, Bulls 34)

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 $196.31/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −151.32 against this barn's trailing median of $347.63.

Average price

$196.31

21 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

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

$6.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.35

vs VA average

−62.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	197.50	1,068	17thin
Medium and Large 2	551	191.25	1,054	4thin

One grade step is worth $6.25/cwt here — about $14 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale21 hd

196.31

—

VA average10 barns · 657 hd

220.66

−24.35

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−62.08

This barn, trailing median3 sales

347.63

−151.32

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

45 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,119	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,117	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,235	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,322	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,268	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,449	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,517	9
Steers	500–550	Small 1	505	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	960	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	530	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,100	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,537	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	607	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,439	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	869	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,539	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,518	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	722	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,675	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	780	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,560	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,777	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	868	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,944	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	649	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	777	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	883	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	965	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	999	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,018	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,068	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,030	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	570	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,129	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	186.37/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,137	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	627	206.24/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,293	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,166	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,121	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,382	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	725	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,399	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,696	18
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,030	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,658	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	871	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	204.45/cwt	197.00–207.50	983	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,000	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,035	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,371	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,162	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	175.44/cwt	170.00–181.00	1,193	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,132	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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Receipts 269Last week 339Year ago 519

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 105, Heifers 130, Bulls 34)

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
1	400–450	410	212.50	212.50
1	450–500	495	202.00	202.00
1	500–550	520	199.00	199.00
11	550–600	596	230.00	230.00
6	650–700	680	170.00–181.00	175.44
2	700–750	740	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	481	197.00–207.50	204.45
5	600–650	618	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	302.50	302.50
12	400–450	448	295.00	295.00
10	500–550	543	283.00	283.00
8	550–600	560	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	655	235.00	235.00
7	700–750	706	215.00	215.00
1	850–900	850	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	483	300.00	300.00
9	500–550	503	301.50	301.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	290.00	290.00
1	400–450	415	297.50	297.50
3	450–500	453	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	540	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	722	232.00	232.00
3	850–900	868	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	607	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	479	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	210.00	210.00
3	400–450	447	197.50	197.50
28	450–500	454	212.50	212.50
17	500–550	541	197.50	197.50
11	600–650	610	185.00–188.00	186.37
7	700–750	720	192.00	192.00
3	1000–1050	1,030	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	195.00	195.00
6	450–500	478	209.00	209.00
3	500–550	545	189.00	189.00
1	600–650	630	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	627	195.00–210.00	206.24
18	800–850	800	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	725	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	172.50	172.50

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.