Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2023-02-15

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Feb 15
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
67 head
19 vs last sale 48 41 vs year ago 108 · 38.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 30)

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 $193.28/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$193.28
37 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,186
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$228
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.88
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500207.001,0352thin
Medium and Large 2540200.441,0838thin
Medium and Large 2-3601192.001,15410thin
Medium and Large 1668189.061,26317thin
One grade step is worth $17.94/cwt here — about −$228 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 sale37 hd
193.28
VA average8 barns · 1,363 hd
189.41
+3.88
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

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 1495164.00/cwt164.00–164.008121
HeifersMedium and Large 1543163.00/cwt163.00–163.008856
HeifersMedium and Large 2370175.00/cwt175.00–175.006481
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added778127.00/cwt127.00–127.009886
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added488160.00/cwt160.00–160.007813
SteersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added678180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2204
SteersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added550200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1006
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added508217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1024
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added618149.50/cwt149.50–149.509247
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added653129.00/cwt129.00–129.008422
HeifersSmall 1Value Added71080.00/cwt80.00–80.005681
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added684185.27/cwt185.00–186.001,26711
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added805169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,3602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,0352
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added418164.00/cwt164.00–164.006862
SteersMedium and Large 2810165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3371
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added610206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2572
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added503213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0712
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added565162.50/cwt162.50–162.509181
SteersMedium and Large 2458204.00/cwt204.00–204.009342

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.