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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Dec 18

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Nov 20Dec 18Apr 16 →

Receipts

44 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 106▼ 132 vs year ago 176 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 18)

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 $290.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −186.25 against this barn's trailing median of $476.25.

Average price

$290.00

1 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.10

vs VA average

−36.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	290.00	1,610	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

290.00

—

VA average9 barns · 344 hd

299.10

−9.10

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−36.63

This barn, trailing median3 sales

476.25

−186.25

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

10 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,390	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	497	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,553	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,610	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	651	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,771	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	487	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,193	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,395	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	785	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,570	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 Dec 18, 2024

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

Receipts 44Last week 106Year ago 176

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 18)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	497	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	651	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	307.50	307.50
1	550–600	555	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	600	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	715	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	487	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	634	220.00	220.00

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.