Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2023-08-23

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Aug 23
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
187 head
145 vs last sale 42 22 vs year ago 209 · 10.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 91, Bulls 24)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $208.37/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$208.37
91 head · 651 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,356
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$523
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$68.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.99
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2689212.881,46677
Medium and Large 1424186.6279213thin
Medium and Large 2655144.009431thin
One grade step is worth $68.88/cwt here — about $523 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 sale91 hd
208.37
VA average9 barns · 1,434 hd
210.37
−1.99
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

26 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 1-2Natural659195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2856
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added812238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,9333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural623248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added866187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6195
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added729200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4589
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural800217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,73623
HeifersMedium and Large 2655144.00/cwt144.00–144.009431
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added480249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,1951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added546248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3546
HeifersMedium and Large 1325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005531
HeifersMedium and Large 1470188.00/cwt188.00–188.008845
HeifersMedium and Large 1406188.00/cwt188.00–188.007637
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added802241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,93323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added990219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,16810
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added475248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,1781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural733246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,80718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added641204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,30814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added541232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,25520
SteersMedium and Large 1533240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2793
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added604249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5044
BullsMedium and Large 1320222.50/cwt222.50–222.507121
BullsMedium and Large 1365257.50/cwt257.50–257.509403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2599205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2284
BullsMedium and Large 1880110.00/cwt110.00–110.009681
BullsMedium and Large 1434260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1289
BullsMedium and Large 1518225.12/cwt222.50–230.001,1666

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.