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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-15

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Dec 15

● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

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Receipts

22 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 8▲ 14 vs year ago 8 · +175.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 11)

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,218	102.75	1,251	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,237	98.61	1,220	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,350	72.00	972	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,316	108.90	1,433	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,296	88.38	1,145	6thin

Every lot

5 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,296	88.38/cwt	82.00–96.00	1,145	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,316	108.90/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,433	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Prime	1,218	102.75/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,251	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,237	98.61/cwt	91.00–103.50	1,220	8
Heifers	—	Select	1,350	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	972	1

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.

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Staunton Livestock Auction Graded Slaughter Cattle Sale - Staunton, VA

Tue Dec 15, 2020

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

Receipts 22Last week 8Year ago 8

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 11)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,237	91.00–103.50	98.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,218	100.00–105.00	102.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,316	108.00–110.00	108.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,296	82.00–96.00	88.38

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.