Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 249, Heifers 67, Bulls 12)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.38/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −61.02 against this barn's trailing median of $498.40.

Average price

$437.38

46 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,360

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$420

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

$103.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+42.82

vs VA average

−31.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	441.86	2,376	44
Medium and Large 2	578	338.75	1,956	2thin

One grade step is worth $103.11/cwt here — about $420 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale46 hd

437.38

—

VA average10 barns · 433 hd

394.57

+42.82

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−31.66

This barn, trailing median2 sales

498.40

−61.02

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,134	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,924	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	717	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,402	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,966	7
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,830	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	643	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	2,382	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	856	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,782	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	778	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,894	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	849	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,908	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,411	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	945	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	501	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,954	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,290	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,679	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	729	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,537	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,043	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	820	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,904	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	528	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,508	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	368.72/cwt	356.00–370.00	2,338	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,029	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,165	8

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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