Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 43, Bulls 7)

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 $164.27/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$164.27

62 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$43.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.02

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	594	193.00	1,146	9thin
Medium and Large 1	723	165.00	1,193	34
Medium and Large 2	561	149.37	838	19thin

One grade step is worth $43.63/cwt here — about $308 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 sale62 hd

164.27

—

VA average8 barns · 1,586 hd

169.29

−5.02

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

31 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 2	—	424	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	530	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	144.09/cwt	141.00–146.00	892	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	705	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,029	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	573	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	702	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,046	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	834	171.01/cwt	130.00–173.50	1,426	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	620	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	658	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	390	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,146	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	166.50/cwt	157.00–171.00	897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	915	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	425	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	150.08/cwt	130.00–157.00	1,018	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	723	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,077	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,074	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	737	6

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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