Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 182, Heifers 137, Bulls 20)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $260.62/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −237.78 against this barn's trailing median of $498.40.

Average price

$260.62

40 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$24.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.58

vs VA average

−38.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	264.47	1,467	31
Medium and Large 1-2	535	251.00	1,343	6thin
Medium and Large 2	547	240.00	1,313	3thin

One grade step is worth $24.47/cwt here — about $154 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 sale40 hd

260.62

—

VA average11 barns · 735 hd

260.04

+0.58

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−38.71

This barn, trailing median2 sales

498.40

−237.78

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

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	249.71/cwt	221.00–258.50	1,523	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,349	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,581	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,473	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	300.51/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,274	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	848	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,984	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	285.58/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,368	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	966	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,096	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,151	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	823	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	350–400	380	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	320	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,695	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	300	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,343	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,565	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,313	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	757	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	300–350	340	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,114	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,137	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	358	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,344	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,410	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	266.94/cwt	265.50–273.00	1,433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	870	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	850	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	698	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,522	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	793	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,776	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	215.60/cwt	182.50–220.00	1,147	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	779	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	906	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,438	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	592	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,169	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	554	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,269	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,483	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	375	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	995	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,195	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	199.15/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,245	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	834	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	984	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,068	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,299	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	438	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	920	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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