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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Mar 18

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Oct 15Mar 18Apr 15 →

Receipts

106 head

▼ 222 vs last sale 328▲ 106 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 55, Heifers 50, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural 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 $476.25/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $476.25.

Average price

$476.25

20 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.14

vs VA average

+4.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	591	480.00	2,837	15thin
Medium and Large 2	539	465.00	2,506	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $330 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 sale20 hd

476.25

—

VA average8 barns · 389 hd

464.11

+12.14

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+4.13

This barn, trailing median3 sales

476.25

+0.00

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

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	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	467	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,393	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	510	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,244	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,480	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	565	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,797	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	591	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,837	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,325	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	660	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,574	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	671	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,852	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,464	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	436	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,624	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,516	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	521	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,876	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	543	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,805	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,932	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	634	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,393	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,215	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 Mar 18, 2026

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

Receipts 106Last week 328Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 55, Heifers 50, Bulls 1)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	470	322.50	322.50
5	550–600	590	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	543	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	521	360.00	360.00
17	600–650	634	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	465	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	550	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	512.50	512.50
15	550–600	591	480.00	480.00
29	650–700	671	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	455.00	455.00
1	600–650	620	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	730	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	440.00	440.00
1	650–700	660	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	565	495.00	495.00

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.