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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Apr 15

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Mar 18Apr 15Sep 16 →

Receipts

205 head

▲ 99 vs last sale 106▲ 69 vs year ago 136 · +50.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 82, 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 $520.54/cwt on 36 head, up $44.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +44.29 against this barn's trailing median of $476.25.

Average price

$520.54

▲ 44.29 vs prior sale

36 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,831

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$911

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$128.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.98

vs VA average

+32.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	538.37	2,966	31
Small 1	501	410.00	2,054	5thin

One grade step is worth $128.37/cwt here — about $911 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 sale36 hd

520.54

—

VA average11 barns · 950 hd

485.56

+34.98

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+32.19

This barn, trailing median3 sales

476.25

+44.29

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,814	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,205	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	458	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,336	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	464	513.62/cwt	512.50–515.00	2,383	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,881	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	501	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,054	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	531	547.21/cwt	520.00–552.50	2,906	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,851	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	597	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	3,119	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	608	517.44/cwt	512.50–522.50	3,146	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	3,018	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,772	2
Steers	600–650	Small 1Value Added	638	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,552	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	689	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,963	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	734	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,954	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,703	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,873	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,348	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,557	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	375	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,547	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	423	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,798	4
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	445	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,090	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,755	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	401.70/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,856	10
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	505	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,376	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	539	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,994	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	540	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,025	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,904	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,828	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	610	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,967	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	613	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,139	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	617	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,267	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,191	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	748	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,506	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,250	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 15, 2026

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

Receipts 205Last week 106Year ago 136

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 82, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural 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
10	400–450	441	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	475	396.00	396.00
3	500–550	538	530.00	530.00
2	600–650	630	440.00	440.00
2	900–950	905	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	464	512.50–515.00	513.62
19	500–550	531	520.00–552.50	547.21
26	600–650	608	512.50–522.50	517.44
11	650–700	689	430.00	430.00
7	700–750	734	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	616	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	501	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	638	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	465.00	465.00
1	750–800	795	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	458	510.00	510.00
9	550–600	597	522.50	522.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	412.50	412.50
4	500–550	540	375.00	375.00
5	600–650	617	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	539	370.00	370.00
12	600–650	613	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	610	322.50	322.50
14	700–750	748	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	402.50	402.50
1	450–500	450	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	540	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	312.50	312.50
1	700–750	700	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	417.50	417.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	245.00	245.00
1	500–550	505	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	462	370.00–410.00	401.70
9	500–550	548	347.50	347.50
1	600–650	635	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	500.00	500.00

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.