Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 23, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $271.88/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −181.94 against this barn's trailing median of $453.82.

Average price

$271.88

8 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.90

vs VA average

−9.81 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	624	275.00	1,716	7thin
Medium and Large 1	640	250.00	1,600	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

271.88

—

VA average8 barns · 294 hd

278.77

−6.90

National average148 barns · 8,703 hd

281.68

−9.81

This barn, trailing median2 sales

453.82

−181.94

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

17 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	450–500	450	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	981	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,716	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	482	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,530	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,206	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	710	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,828	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	650–700	657	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,452	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,262	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	463	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,215	5

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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