Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 26, Bulls 4)

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 $225.85/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$225.85

46 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,180

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$329

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$55.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.03

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	235.47	1,287	19thin
Medium and Large 2	495	235.21	1,163	12thin
Medium and Large 3	511	212.71	1,086	12thin
Medium and Large 2-3	532	180.00	958	3thin

One grade step is worth $55.47/cwt here — about $329 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 sale46 hd

225.85

—

VA average13 barns · 2,455 hd

222.82

+3.03

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

30 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 2Value Added	—	628	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,137	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	496	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	909	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,148	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,197	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	845	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	504	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,123	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	603	199.00/cwt	196.00–202.00	1,200	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	930	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	790	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	532	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	395	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	997	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	599	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,153	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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