Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 36, Bulls 13)

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 $300.00/cwt on 1 head, down $52.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −50.22 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$300.00

▼ 52.81 vs prior sale

1 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−36.89

vs VA average

−54.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	300.00	1,575	1thin

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 sale1 hd

300.00

—

VA average9 barns · 506 hd

336.89

−36.89

National average171 barns · 9,246 hd

354.31

−54.31

This barn, trailing median2 sales

350.22

−50.22

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

27 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	650–700	680	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,967	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,067	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	868	267.67/cwt	265.00–295.00	2,323	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	939	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,254	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	312.36/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	987	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,788	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,095	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,961	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	232	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	334.66/cwt	310.00–347.50	1,385	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,052	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,052	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	800	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,009	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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