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Monterey Stockyard LLC

Name: Monterey Stockyard LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Oct 21

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476

← Sep 16Oct 21latest

Receipts

367 head

▲ 288 vs last sale 79▲ 367 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 183, Heifers 182, Bulls 2)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.27/cwt on 26 head, down $24.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −19.36 against this barn's trailing median of $347.63.

Average price

$328.27

▼ 24.54 vs prior sale

26 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$39.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.75

vs VA average

−48.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	334.71	1,864	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	562	325.00	1,827	6thin
Medium and Large 2	585	305.00	1,784	1thin
Medium and Large 3	580	295.00	1,711	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.71/cwt here — about $153 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 sale26 hd

328.27

—

VA average9 barns · 572 hd

330.02

−1.75

National average186 barns · 22,034 hd

377.02

−48.75

This barn, trailing median3 sales

347.63

−19.36

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $352.81, low $328.27, median $347.63 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

45 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	369	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,808	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,012	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,086	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,155	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,144	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	573	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,249	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3Value Added	583	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,909	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	590	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,139	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,083	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	622	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,208	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,185	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	646	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,300	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	662	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,264	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3Value Added	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	324.61/cwt	316.00–329.00	2,237	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	281.09/cwt	250.00–292.50	2,041	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	746	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,268	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,104	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	830	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,523	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	343	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,192	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	409	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,380	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,557	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,622	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,867	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	562	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,827	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3Value Added	580	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,711	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,784	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	593	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,838	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	615	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,876	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	308.74/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,933	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	640	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,776	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	665	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,912	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	721	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,177	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	730	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,135	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	768	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,350	24
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,062	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	782	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,393	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	789	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,414	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	825	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,186	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	849	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,564	28
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	855	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,582	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	916	254.97/cwt	252.50–258.00	2,336	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,726	2

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Monterey Stockyard LLC - Monterey, VA

Wed Oct 21, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 367Last week 79Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 183, Heifers 182, Bulls 2)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	347.50	347.50
6	400–450	409	337.50	337.50
1	600–650	640	277.50	277.50
1	650–700	665	287.50	287.50
2	700–750	730	292.50	292.50
9	750–800	782	306.00	306.00
1	800–850	825	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	855	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	458	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	585	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	562	325.00	325.00
17	700–750	721	302.00	302.00
24	750–800	768	306.00	306.00
28	800–850	849	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	593	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	615	305.00	305.00
7	750–800	789	306.00	306.00
9	900–950	916	252.50–258.00	254.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	477	340.00	340.00
14	500–550	549	340.00	340.00
24	600–650	626	300.00–310.00	308.74
1	700–750	725	270.00	270.00
2	750–800	778	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	490.00	490.00
1	550–600	590	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	583	327.50	327.50
2	650–700	670	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	468	430.00	430.00
5	500–550	549	392.50	392.50
17	550–600	568	377.50	377.50
24	600–650	639	342.00	342.00
9	650–700	689	316.00–329.00	324.61
8	700–750	726	250.00–292.50	281.09
1	750–800	765	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	595	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	573	392.50	392.50
9	600–650	622	355.00	355.00
27	650–700	662	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	646	356.00	356.00
7	700–750	746	304.00	304.00
2	800–850	830	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	330.00	330.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.