Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 55, Heifers 50, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.25/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −22.15 against this barn's trailing median of $498.40.

Average price

$476.25

20 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.14

vs VA average

+4.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	591	480.00	2,837	15thin
Medium and Large 2	539	465.00	2,506	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $330 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 sale20 hd

476.25

—

VA average8 barns · 389 hd

464.11

+12.14

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+4.13

This barn, trailing median2 sales

498.40

−22.15

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 2	450–500	470	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	591	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,837	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	436	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,624	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	510	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	660	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	543	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	565	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	634	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,393	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	671	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,852	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	467	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	521	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,876	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	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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