Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 18)

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 $290.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −208.40 against this barn's trailing median of $498.40.

Average price

$290.00

1 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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single grade reported

vs the market

−9.10

vs VA average

−36.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	290.00	1,610	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

290.00

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VA average9 barns · 344 hd

299.10

−9.10

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−36.63

This barn, trailing median2 sales

498.40

−208.40

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

10 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 1-2Value Added	450–500	497	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,553	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,771	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,390	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	487	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,193	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	785	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,395	4

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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