Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 64, Bulls 1)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.64/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −180.76 against this barn's trailing median of $498.40.

Average price

$317.64

18 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$82

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

$16.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.54

vs VA average

−0.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	321.94	1,700	9thin
Medium and Large 1	576	320.00	1,843	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	584	305.00	1,781	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.94/cwt here — about −$82 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

317.64

—

VA average10 barns · 745 hd

299.10

+18.54

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−0.65

This barn, trailing median2 sales

498.40

−180.76

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

36 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,111	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	576	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,924	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,576	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	980	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	764	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,795	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	726	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,942	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,953	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,397	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	678	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,476	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	452	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,135	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	571	235.94/cwt	205.00–239.00	1,347	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	529	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	486	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	675	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,254	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	602	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	695	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	509	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,209	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	750–800	780	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	756	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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