Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2021-04-21

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Apr 21
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
262 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 248▲ 262 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 146, Bulls 16)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.37/cwt on 146 head.
Average price
$131.37
146 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$371
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.55
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2632135.7285879
Medium and Large 2-3570131.0074714thin
Medium and Large 2472127.2360115thin
Medium and Large 1593124.7874036
Medium and Large 3435112.004872thin
One grade step is worth $23.72/cwt here — about $371 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 sale146 hd
131.37
—
VA average12 barns · 2,646 hd
131.92
−0.55
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

37 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—440140.00/cwt140.00–140.006161
BullsMedium and Large 1—500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007002
BullsMedium and Large 1—667141.00/cwt141.00–141.009403
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529132.00/cwt132.00–132.0069810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—642120.00/cwt120.00–120.0077010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—450130.50/cwt130.50–130.505874
SteersMedium and Large 1—775140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—508133.00/cwt133.00–133.006763
SteersMedium and Large 1—557154.02/cwt143.00–156.008587
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—475172.00/cwt172.00–172.008172
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669120.00/cwt120.00–120.0080310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural—524141.00/cwt141.00–141.007395
SteersMedium and Large 1—636151.74/cwt148.50–156.0096514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural—638140.00/cwt140.00–140.0089351
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580125.00/cwt120.00–130.007252
BullsMedium and Large 2—445137.00/cwt137.00–137.006101
SteersMedium and Large 1—742140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,03943
BullsMedium and Large 2—805111.00/cwt111.00–111.008941
SteersMedium and Large 1—472169.99/cwt169.00–172.008023
BullsMedium and Large 2—880111.00/cwt111.00–111.009771
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—656144.75/cwt144.50–146.009506
SteersMedium and Large 2—644142.00/cwt142.00–142.009147
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—572133.00/cwt133.00–133.007616
HeifersMedium and Large 2—442129.96/cwt129.50–133.005747
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—701120.00/cwt120.00–120.0084114
BullsMedium and Large 2—614145.00/cwt145.00–145.008906
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—630146.00/cwt146.00–146.009203
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—604140.00/cwt140.00–140.008464
BullsMedium and Large 2—500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added—570131.00/cwt131.00–131.0074714
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524126.56/cwt113.00–130.006635
HeifersMedium and Large 2—493115.00/cwt115.00–115.005672
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385136.00/cwt136.00–136.005241
SteersMedium and Large 2—730126.00/cwt126.00–126.009201
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—540164.00/cwt164.00–164.008862
HeifersMedium and Large 3—435112.00/cwt112.00–112.004872
SteersMedium and Large 2—529162.92/cwt159.00–164.508627

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.