Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 83, Bulls 1)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.14/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −105.08 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$245.14

14 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$15.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.31

vs VA average

−19.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	512	247.50	1,267	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	549	245.00	1,345	7thin
Medium and Large 1	545	232.00	1,264	1thin

One grade step is worth $15.50/cwt here — about $3 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale14 hd

245.14

—

VA average11 barns · 673 hd

240.83

+4.31

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−19.38

This barn, trailing median2 sales

350.22

−105.08

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

31 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	550–600	560	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	209.00/cwt	195.00–223.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,098	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	438	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,099	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	643	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,492	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	460	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	716	222.08/cwt	177.50–223.50	1,590	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,331	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	244.33/cwt	240.00–247.50	897	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	549	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,345	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	647	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	363	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	990	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	363	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	660	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	675	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	512	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,267	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	598	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	624	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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