Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 75)

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 $325.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −25.22 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$325.00

10 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.50

vs VA average

+3.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	325.00	1,710	10thin

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 sale10 hd

325.00

—

VA average11 barns · 650 hd

314.50

+10.50

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

+3.82

This barn, trailing median2 sales

350.22

−25.22

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

19 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	700–750	711	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,813	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	638	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,971	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	526	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,710	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	642	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	667	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	579	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,157	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	471	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,860	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	648	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,203	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	463	334.19/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,547	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	788	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,029	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,445	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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