Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 30, Bulls 2)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.20/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$148.20

30 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$980

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$226

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

$22.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.27

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	153.00	864	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	650	152.33	990	15thin
Medium and Large 2	834	130.67	1,090	6thin

One grade step is worth $22.33/cwt here — about −$226 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 sale30 hd

148.20

—

VA average10 barns · 1,655 hd

150.47

−2.27

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

16 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 2Value Added	—	620	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	755	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,183	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,028	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	871	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,115	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	760	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,034	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,116	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	682	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,023	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	920	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	820	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,007	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,033	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	699	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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →