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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Oct 15

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Sep 17Oct 15Mar 18 →

Receipts

328 head

▲ 157 vs last sale 171▼ 11 vs year ago 339 · −3.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 249, Heifers 67, Bulls 12)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

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 $437.38/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −38.87 against this barn's trailing median of $476.25.

Average price

$437.38

46 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,360

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$420

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

$103.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+42.82

vs VA average

−31.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	441.86	2,376	44
Medium and Large 2	578	338.75	1,956	2thin

One grade step is worth $103.11/cwt here — about $420 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 sale46 hd

437.38

—

VA average10 barns · 433 hd

394.57

+42.82

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−31.66

This barn, trailing median3 sales

476.25

−38.87

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

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,638	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,966	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,165	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	528	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,508	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,290	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,121	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	368.72/cwt	356.00–370.00	2,338	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	643	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	2,382	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,390	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,712	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	717	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,402	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,411	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	729	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,537	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,242	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	778	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,894	64
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	849	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,908	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	856	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,782	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	945	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,552	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,043	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,608	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,336	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,679	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	501	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,954	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,904	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,734	4
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,029	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,987	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	820	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,886	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,930	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,830	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,671	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,924	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,134	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,826	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.

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