Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 62, Bulls 3)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.80/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −110.42 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$239.80

10 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,332

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

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

$29.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.58

vs VA average

−4.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	587	254.00	1,491	5thin
Medium and Large 1	527	226.00	1,191	3thin
Medium and Large 2	520	225.00	1,170	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about $321 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale10 hd

239.80

—

VA average9 barns · 449 hd

243.38

−3.58

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−4.61

This barn, trailing median2 sales

350.22

−110.42

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,241	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,098	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,191	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,357	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,601	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,720	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	825	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	732	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,684	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,742	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	955	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,157	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,222	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	930	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,748	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	646	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	587	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	635	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,657	11
Steers	Small 1	600–650	605	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,480	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	833	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	715	1

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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