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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Sep 16

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Apr 15Sep 16Oct 21 →

Receipts

79 head

▼ 126 vs last sale 205▼ 92 vs year ago 171 · −53.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 36, Bulls 13)

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 $300.00/cwt on 1 head, down $52.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −47.63 against this barn's trailing median of $347.63.

Average price

$300.00

▼ 52.81 vs prior sale

1 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−36.89

vs VA average

−54.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	300.00	1,575	1thin

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 sale1 hd

300.00

—

VA average9 barns · 506 hd

336.89

−36.89

National average171 barns · 9,246 hd

354.31

−54.31

This barn, trailing median3 sales

347.63

−47.63

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

27 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	317	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,490	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,009	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,052	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,961	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,052	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	678	312.36/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,118	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,207	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,520	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	987	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,788	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	232	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	603	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	808	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,323	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	334.66/cwt	310.00–347.50	1,385	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,504	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,599	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,067	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,095	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,505	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	868	267.67/cwt	265.00–295.00	2,323	11
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	939	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,254	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,967	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,938	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,895	2

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 16, 2026

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

Receipts 79Last week 205Year ago 171

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 36, Bulls 13)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	410.00	410.00
6	550–600	558	352.50	352.50
2	650–700	680	285.00	285.00
2	800–850	833	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	378	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	485	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	710	295.00	295.00
1	800–850	835	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	650	318.00	318.00
11	850–900	868	265.00–295.00	267.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	939	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	260.00	260.00
2	300–350	305	265.00	265.00
3	400–450	414	310.00–347.50	334.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	678	305.00–320.00	312.36
1	800–850	800	315.00	315.00
7	950–1000	987	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	470.00	470.00
2	350–400	385	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	394	510.00	510.00
3	450–500	480	427.50	427.50
2	500–550	530	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	570	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	695	317.50	317.50

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.