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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Apr 16

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Dec 18Apr 16Sep 17 →

Receipts

136 head

▲ 92 vs last sale 44▲ 15 vs year ago 121 · +12.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 75)

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 $325.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −22.63 against this barn's trailing median of $347.63.

Average price

$325.00

10 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.50

vs VA average

+3.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	325.00	1,710	10thin

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 sale10 hd

325.00

—

VA average11 barns · 650 hd

314.50

+10.50

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

+3.82

This barn, trailing median3 sales

347.63

−22.63

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

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

19 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,732	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	471	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,860	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,829	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,908	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	579	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,157	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	642	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,878	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,203	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	667	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,901	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	463	334.19/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,547	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,445	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	526	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,710	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	607	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,700	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	638	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,971	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	711	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,813	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	718	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,867	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	788	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,029	15
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,633	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 Apr 16, 2025

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

Receipts 136Last week 44Year ago 121

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 75)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	650	270.00	270.00
5	700–750	711	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	638	309.00	309.00
15	750–800	788	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	463	330.00–335.00	334.19
10	500–550	526	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	607	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	718	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	307.50	307.50
1	900–950	920	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	642	292.50	292.50
3	650–700	667	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	465	372.50	372.50
1	500–550	545	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	519	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	471	395.00	395.00
15	550–600	579	372.50	372.50
9	600–650	648	340.00	340.00

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.