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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Nov 20

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Nov 6Nov 20Dec 18 →

Receipts

106 head

▼ 163 vs last sale 269▼ 70 vs year ago 176 · −39.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 40)

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 $282.14/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −194.11 against this barn's trailing median of $476.25.

Average price

$282.14

7 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.07

vs VA average

−27.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	295.00	1,593	4thin
Medium and Large 2	543	265.00	1,440	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $153 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 sale7 hd

282.14

—

VA average10 barns · 439 hd

281.07

+1.07

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−27.12

This barn, trailing median3 sales

476.25

−194.11

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

31 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	235	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	505	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	735	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	451	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,319	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,507	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,457	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	580	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,392	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,620	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,683	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	675	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,704	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,558	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	758	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,850	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,758	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,812	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	925	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,137	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	253	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	525	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	365	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	840	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	924	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	468	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,018	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,099	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,000	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	495	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,101	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,069	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,086	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	544	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,170	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,162	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,242	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	678	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,390	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,434	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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 106Last week 269Year ago 176

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 40)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	205.00	205.00
1	500–550	515	207.50	207.50
3	600–650	645	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	478	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	207.50	207.50
1	400–450	435	212.50	212.50
2	500–550	543	200.00	200.00
2	750–800	765	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	222.50	222.50
2	550–600	560	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	230.00	230.00
2	450–500	468	217.50	217.50
3	650–700	678	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	215.00	215.00
1	300–350	300	245.00	245.00
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	451	292.50	292.50
2	500–550	525	277.50	277.50
1	650–700	660	255.00	255.00
1	800–850	820	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	580	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	675	252.50	252.50
20	900–950	925	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	750–800	758	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	307.50	307.50
3	600–650	623	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	685	227.50	227.50
4	800–850	810	217.00	217.00

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.