Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 89, Bulls 21)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.49/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −10.72 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$339.49

13 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$31.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.70

vs VA average

−20.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	349.27	1,862	9thin
Medium and Large 2	520	317.50	1,652	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.77/cwt here — about $210 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 sale13 hd

339.49

—

VA average10 barns · 634 hd

345.19

−5.70

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−20.17

This barn, trailing median2 sales

350.22

−10.72

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

38 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	800–850	805	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	362.58/cwt	327.50–380.00	1,613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	399	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,426	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	960	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,360	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,064	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	349.27/cwt	285.00–357.50	1,862	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,225	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,122	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,158	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	421.56/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,779	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,030	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	925	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	730	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	500–550	514	396.33/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,037	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	825	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	644	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,048	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	463	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	290	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	986	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	795	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	844	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,760	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	715	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	502	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,001	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,643	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,036	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,335	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,489	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,522	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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