Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 74, Bulls 8)

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 $221.64/cwt on 94 head.

Average price

$221.64

94 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,429

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$555

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

$55.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.07

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	230.35	1,465	46
Medium and Large 2	531	221.12	1,175	21
Medium and Large 1-2	757	208.46	1,577	26
Medium and Large 3	520	175.00	910	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.35/cwt here — about $555 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 sale94 hd

221.64

—

VA average9 barns · 1,419 hd

220.57

+1.07

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

33 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	—	760	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,026	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,241	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	973	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,403	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,461	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	510	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,228	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	587	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	757	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,552	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	873	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,811	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	151.01/cwt	145.00–152.50	714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	215.31/cwt	190.00–257.50	911	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,222	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	650	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	985	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,491	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,480	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	154.04/cwt	145.00–162.50	813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	171.28/cwt	160.00–174.00	810	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	937	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	866	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	746	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,261	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	759	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,176	8

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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