Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 119, Heifers 116, Bulls 13)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.30/cwt on 119 head.

Average price

$143.30

119 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$637

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 2

$11.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.34

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	315	148.00	466	1thin
Medium and Large 1	670	146.35	980	65
Medium and Large 1-2	662	145.06	960	17thin
Medium and Large 3	486	137.00	666	5thin
Medium and Large 2	807	136.81	1,104	31

One grade step is worth $11.19/cwt here — about −$637 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale119 hd

143.30

—

VA average11 barns · 3,263 hd

146.64

−3.34

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

36 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	838	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	107.37/cwt	105.00–110.00	839	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	601	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	748	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	111.19/cwt	106.00–116.00	753	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	151.96/cwt	147.00–154.00	925	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	890	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,023	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	645	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	342	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	380	5
Steers	Small 1	—	315	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	135.73/cwt	135.50–136.75	1,103	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	971	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,155	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	823	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	881	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	686	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,154	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	797	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	827	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	844	134.72/cwt	130.00–135.50	1,137	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	656	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	769	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	121.91/cwt	117.25–125.50	753	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	710	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	337	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	408	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	337	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	427	5

How this sale compares

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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