Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 42, Bulls 1)

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 $168.88/cwt on 128 head.

Average price

$168.88

128 head · 786 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,328

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$678

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

$52.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.24

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	810	172.35	1,396	81
Medium and Large 1-2	766	166.79	1,277	42
Medium and Large 2	553	137.33	760	3thin
Medium and Large 3	598	120.00	718	2thin

One grade step is worth $52.35/cwt here — about $678 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 sale128 hd

168.88

—

VA average10 barns · 1,247 hd

165.65

+3.24

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

26 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	—	745	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	156.81/cwt	130.00–165.00	899	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	985	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,271	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	898	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,450	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	659	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,226	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	716	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,203	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	598	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	602	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	873	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	872	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,495	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,103	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	144.88/cwt	125.00–165.00	606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,008	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,441	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	884	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	615	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,076	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,169	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	487	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	633	3

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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