Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 138, Heifers 128, Bulls 6)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $279.17/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −219.23 against this barn's trailing median of $498.40.

Average price

$279.17

30 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$32.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.15

vs VA average

+12.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	287.33	1,549	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	558	272.14	1,519	14thin
Medium and Large 2	580	255.00	1,479	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.33/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale30 hd

279.17

—

VA average10 barns · 661 hd

269.02

+10.15

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+12.53

This barn, trailing median2 sales

498.40

−219.23

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

45 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 1-2Value Added	500–550	529	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,238	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	759	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,504	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,239	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,301	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,578	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	423	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	580	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,337	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,359	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,551	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	627	239.45/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,501	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	830	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,196	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,379	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,086	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	276.66/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,531	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	818	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,841	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,632	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	759	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	735	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	650–700	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,447	2
Steers	Small 1	650–700	685	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,339	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	501	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,428	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	666	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,598	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	958	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,060	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	723	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,677	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	700–750	724	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,629	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,159	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,085	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	719	209.97/cwt	207.50–215.00	1,510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,060	6

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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