Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 40)

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 $282.14/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −216.25 against this barn's trailing median of $498.40.

Average price

$282.14

7 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.07

vs VA average

−27.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	295.00	1,593	4thin
Medium and Large 2	543	265.00	1,440	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $153 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 sale7 hd

282.14

—

VA average10 barns · 439 hd

281.07

+1.07

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−27.12

This barn, trailing median2 sales

498.40

−216.25

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,242	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,099	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,086	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	580	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,319	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	925	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,137	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	758	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,850	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	544	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,170	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	495	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	468	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	365	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	678	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	253	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,162	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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