Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 130, Heifers 32, Bulls 18)

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 $138.56/cwt on 130 head.

Average price

$138.56

130 head · 812 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$120

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$46.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.76

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	427	150.00	641	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	796	142.41	1,133	47
Medium and Large 1	837	136.28	1,141	79
Small 1	735	103.50	761	1thin

One grade step is worth $46.50/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale130 hd

138.56

—

VA average10 barns · 1,239 hd

143.32

−4.76

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	120.55/cwt	116.00–125.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	133.94/cwt	126.00–136.50	688	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	602	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	688	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	974	6
Steers	Small 1	—	735	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	990	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,270	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	434	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	584	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	828	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	456	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	491	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	668	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	868	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,200	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	427	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	516	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	681	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,132	60

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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