Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 30lb heifers deleted

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 150, Heifers 235, Bulls 1)

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 $200.35/cwt on 225 head.

Average price

$200.35

225 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,346

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$618

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

$33.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.65

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	682	207.95	1,418	19thin
Medium and Large 1	674	200.47	1,352	178
Medium and Large 2	654	195.15	1,276	27
Medium and Large 3	460	174.00	800	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.95/cwt here — about $618 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 sale225 hd

200.35

—

VA average10 barns · 2,325 hd

219.00

−18.65

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	178.53/cwt	173.00–184.00	952	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,158	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	190.25/cwt	185.00–223.00	1,092	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	252.51/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,404	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	543	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,243	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	233.39/cwt	205.00–242.50	1,466	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	240.69/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,579	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	765	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,683	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,973	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	265.67/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,222	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	212.86/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,552	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,677	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,682	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	598	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,029	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	831	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	668	208.98/cwt	159.00–219.00	1,396	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	460	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	203.16/cwt	203.00–204.00	1,396	132
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	853	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,894	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,097	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	210.38/cwt	208.00–214.00	974	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,389	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	194.90/cwt	173.00–199.00	1,041	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,251	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,483	13

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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