Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 467, Heifers 403)

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 $152.30/cwt on 466 head.

Average price

$152.30

466 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$18.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.57

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	161.62	885	156
Medium and Large 1	607	148.18	899	276
Medium and Large 2	619	142.99	885	34

One grade step is worth $18.64/cwt here — about $0 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 sale466 hd

152.30

—

VA average11 barns · 2,627 hd

150.74

+1.57

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

46 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 1	—	469	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	772	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	467	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	796	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	657	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	972	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	559	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	169.92/cwt	169.50–170.00	824	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	507	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	809	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	744	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,077	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	141.58/cwt	133.00–152.00	896	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	564	160.38/cwt	158.50–162.50	905	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	965	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	146.33/cwt	143.50–164.00	818	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	795	135.42/cwt	122.00–147.00	1,077	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	908	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,217	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	861	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	696	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,001	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	426	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	571	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	635	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	787	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	123.00/cwt	114.00–124.25	678	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,067	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	876	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	707	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	969	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	809	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	158.93/cwt	129.00–161.50	839	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	808	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,133	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	126.89/cwt	126.50–127.50	593	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	950	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	732	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	941	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	143.98/cwt	134.00–146.00	1,163	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	545	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	679	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	823	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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