Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Resending with In-Barn cattle only

State Graded Feeder Cattle 405 (Steers 275, Heifers 119, Bulls 11)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.39/cwt on 255 head.

Average price

$141.39

255 head · 782 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2

$25.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.76

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	629	148.87	937	41
Medium and Large 1-2	856	140.95	1,207	178
Medium and Large 2	671	138.47	929	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	525	134.13	705	16thin
Medium and Large 3	575	130.00	748	1thin
Small 1	468	123.50	578	2thin
Large 1-2	610	123.00	750	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.87/cwt here — about $187 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 sale255 hd

141.39

—

VA average10 barns · 1,380 hd

142.15

−0.76

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

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	652	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	981	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	964	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	800	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,371	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	747	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,064	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	756	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	861	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	813	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,098	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	971	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,350	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,235	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,130	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,277	3
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	468	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	923	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	710	1
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	588	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	823	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	909	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	139.26/cwt	122.00–147.50	805	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	447	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	621	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	706	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,020	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	776	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	993	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	849	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	742	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	898	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	446	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	501	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	458	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	543	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	468	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	968	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	953	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,182	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	734	10

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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