Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 257, Heifers 220, Bulls 12)

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 $240.90/cwt on 257 head.

Average price

$240.90

257 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$34.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.02

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	246.81	1,421	148
Medium and Large 2	504	242.54	1,223	26
Medium and Large 1-2	770	230.40	1,774	79
Medium and Large 3	503	225.50	1,133	2thin
Small 1	510	212.50	1,084	2thin

One grade step is worth $34.31/cwt here — about $337 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 sale257 hd

240.90

—

VA average8 barns · 1,467 hd

238.88

+2.02

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

51 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	—	745	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	898	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	308	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	252.83/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,363	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,135	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	665	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,676	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	264.06/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,172	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	851	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,949	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	752	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,790	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	630	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,203	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,007	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,668	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,175	3
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	510	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,084	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	935	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,057	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	642	229.21/cwt	207.50–242.00	1,472	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	215.99/cwt	195.00–218.00	1,192	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	528	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	790	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,287	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,278	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	230.65/cwt	216.00–233.00	1,483	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,509	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	544	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,344	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,031	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,111	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	853	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	765	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,461	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,120	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	641	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,391	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	438	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	970	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	231.32/cwt	230.00–232.50	773	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,315	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	209.84/cwt	205.00–210.00	965	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,266	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	227.87/cwt	227.50–230.00	857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	170.16/cwt	150.00–180.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,336	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	985	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,013	2

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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