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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Sep 17

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Apr 16Sep 17Oct 15 →

Receipts

171 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 136▼ 101 vs year ago 272 · −37.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 89, Bulls 21)

Value Added 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 $339.49/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −8.13 against this barn's trailing median of $347.63.

Average price

$339.49

13 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$31.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.70

vs VA average

−20.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	349.27	1,862	9thin
Medium and Large 2	520	317.50	1,652	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.77/cwt here — about $210 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 sale13 hd

339.49

—

VA average10 barns · 634 hd

345.19

−5.70

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−20.17

This barn, trailing median3 sales

347.63

−8.13

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

38 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,064	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,093	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3Value Added	514	396.33/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,037	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,335	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,360	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	668	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,522	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,471	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,489	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	715	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,624	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,616	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	825	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,764	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	960	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,712	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Value Added	290	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	986	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,193	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	399	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,426	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	362.58/cwt	327.50–380.00	1,613	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	502	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,657	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	349.27/cwt	285.00–357.50	1,862	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,771	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	644	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,048	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,036	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	693	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,225	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	730	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,190	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	795	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,465	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	844	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,760	15
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2Value Added	925	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,794	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,001	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,643	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2Value Added	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	421.56/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,779	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	463	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,898	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,030	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,122	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,158	3

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 Sep 17, 2025

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

Receipts 171Last week 136Year ago 272

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 89, Bulls 21)

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
2	400–450	430	480.00	480.00
3	450–500	450	465.00	465.00
20	550–600	575	406.00	406.00
13	600–650	631	374.00	374.00
8	700–750	711	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	805	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	335.00	335.00
1	950–1000	960	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	514	395.00–400.00	396.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	668	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	330.00	330.00
6	400–450	445	327.50–380.00	362.58
9	500–550	533	285.00–357.50	349.27
1	600–650	615	288.00	288.00
1	650–700	690	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	399	357.50	357.50
1	750–800	750	300.00	300.00
15	800–850	844	327.00	327.00
7	1000–1050	1,001	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	644	318.00	318.00
16	650–700	693	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	322.50	322.50
1	550–600	575	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	290	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	502	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	620	290.00	290.00
3	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	730	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	795	310.00	310.00
1	900–950	925	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	390.00–430.00	421.56
7	500–550	514	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	575	369.00	369.00
3	600–650	630	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	463	410.00	410.00

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.