Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 82, 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 $520.54/cwt on 36 head, up $44.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +22.15 against this barn's trailing median of $498.40.

Average price

$520.54

▲ 44.29 vs prior sale

36 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,831

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$911

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$128.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.98

vs VA average

+32.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	538.37	2,966	31
Small 1	501	410.00	2,054	5thin

One grade step is worth $128.37/cwt here — about $911 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 sale36 hd

520.54

—

VA average11 barns · 950 hd

485.56

+34.98

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+32.19

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

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	500–550	538	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	517.44/cwt	512.50–522.50	3,146	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,267	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,139	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	423	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,205	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	689	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,963	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	748	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,506	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	610	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	547.21/cwt	520.00–552.50	2,906	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	464	513.62/cwt	512.50–515.00	2,383	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	734	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,954	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	3,018	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,025	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	375	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,547	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	501	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,054	5
Steers	Small 1Value Added	600–650	638	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	539	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,994	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	505	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,376	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,090	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	458	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,336	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	597	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	3,119	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	401.70/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,856	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,904	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,191	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,250	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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