Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2023-07-19

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Jul 19
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
42 head
34 vs last sale 76 129 vs year ago 171 · 75.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 10, 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 $238.00/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$238.00
28 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$4.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.01
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2713240.201,71210thin
Medium and Large 1594237.071,40715thin
Medium and Large 2677235.331,5933thin
One grade step is worth $4.87/cwt here — about $119 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 sale28 hd
238.00
VA average10 barns · 1,178 hd
227.99
+10.01
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

15 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added645245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5801
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added465257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,1951
SteersMedium and Large 2735226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6611
SteersMedium and Large 2648240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5552
SteersMedium and Large 1-2808233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added570251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4314
SteersMedium and Large 1633238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5079
SteersMedium and Large 1524228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1604
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added508210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0673
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added630201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2662
HeifersMedium and Large 1620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008371
BullsMedium and Large 1553105.00/cwt105.00–105.005812
BullsMedium and Large 1545180.00/cwt180.00–180.009811
BullsMedium and Large 1410211.00/cwt211.00–211.008651

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.