Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 144, Heifers 170, Bulls 4)

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 $146.71/cwt on 170 head.

Average price

$146.71

170 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$380

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$21.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.92

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	634	148.87	944	121
Medium and Large 1-2	630	148.64	936	28
Medium and Large 2	609	133.00	810	16thin
Medium and Large 3	443	127.40	565	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.47/cwt here — about $380 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 sale170 hd

146.71

—

VA average9 barns · 1,448 hd

141.79

+4.92

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

44 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	—	490	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	838	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	828	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	545	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	998	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,005	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,296	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	977	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	749	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,168	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	755	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,057	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	531	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	620	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,032	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	567	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	856	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	647	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	958	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	678	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,207	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	184.48/cwt	181.00–190.50	1,177	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	198.61/cwt	198.00–199.00	971	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	909	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	733	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	707	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,046	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	420	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	752	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	769	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,334	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	948	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	118.34/cwt	109.00–137.00	632	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	814	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	854	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,059	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	730	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,053	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,079	4

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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