Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2024-02-21

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Feb 21
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
111 head
65 vs last sale 176 44 vs year ago 67 · +65.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 80, Heifers 9, Bulls 22)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $289.02/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$289.02
80 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,801
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$610
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$118.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.03
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536318.911,71022
Medium and Large 2560291.671,6336thin
Medium and Large 1669277.561,85851
Medium and Large 3550200.001,1001thin
One grade step is worth $118.91/cwt here — about $610 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 sale80 hd
289.02
VA average9 barns · 1,115 hd
266.99
+22.03
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
BullsMedium and Large 1555187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0411
BullsMedium and Large 1340185.00/cwt185.00–185.006292
BullsMedium and Large 1495210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0402
BullsMedium and Large 1510229.56/cwt207.50–252.501,1712
BullsMedium and Large 1440272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1993
BullsMedium and Large 2630163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0272
SteersMedium and Large 3Value Added550200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1001
SteersMedium and Large 1472321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,5153
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural575315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,81111
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural765247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,89312
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added548307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,6853
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural684282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,93229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added526321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,6887
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added765220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6831
BullsMedium and Large 2455272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2401
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added757187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,4193
SteersMedium and Large 1665260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7291
SteersMedium and Large 1530302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6032
HeifersMedium and Large 1423218.00/cwt218.00–218.009222
SteersMedium and Large 1330242.50/cwt242.50–242.508001
HeifersMedium and Large 3510170.00/cwt170.00–170.008671
HeifersMedium and Large 3602160.00/cwt160.00–160.009633
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added519306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,5885
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added448326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,4604
BullsMedium and Large 1-2466207.50/cwt207.50–207.509674
BullsMedium and Large 2408248.01/cwt245.00–250.001,0125

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.