Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 227, Heifers 227, Bulls 3)

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 $172.43/cwt on 227 head.

Average price

$172.43

227 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$48.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.01

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	176.82	1,126	98
Medium and Large 2	473	176.69	836	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	763	170.23	1,298	107
Medium and Large 3	668	128.67	859	6thin

One grade step is worth $48.15/cwt here — about $267 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 sale227 hd

172.43

—

VA average10 barns · 1,107 hd

170.42

+2.01

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

40 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	651	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,042	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	855	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,120	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	478	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	741	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	701	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,252	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,151	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	805	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	745	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	761	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,233	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,028	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	199.23/cwt	196.00–200.00	928	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	740	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	852	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	433	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	645	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	645	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	754	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,270	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	877	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,508	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	575	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,142	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,187	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	973	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	191.40/cwt	186.00–198.00	1,091	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	168.29/cwt	165.00–171.00	1,124	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,065	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	603	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	856	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	141.16/cwt	105.00–146.00	611	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	849	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	956	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	490	1

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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