Sale reports / Virginia / Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. / 2020-08-18

Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Aug 18
● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172
Receipts
30 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 27 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 16)

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
HeifersChoiceAverage1,225106.521,30515
HeifersSelectAverage1,05095.009981thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,354108.881,47414

Every lot

3 lots · USDA AMS · Staunton Livestock Auction Graded Slaughter Cattle Sale - Staunton, 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,354108.88/cwt102.00–112.001,47414
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,05095.00/cwt95.00–95.009981
Heifers—Choice1,225106.52/cwt102.50–108.001,30515

This sale against other markets

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.