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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-18

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, May 18

● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

← Apr 20May 18Jun 15 →

Receipts

45 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 51▼ 8 vs year ago 53 · −15.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 14)

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	Choice	Average	1,270	120.63	1,532	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,207	103.93	1,254	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	123.11	1,789	29
Steers	Select	Average	1,363	114.20	1,557	2thin

Every lot

4 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	1,363	114.20/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,557	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,453	123.11/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,789	29
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,207	103.93/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,254	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,270	120.63/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,532	11

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 May 18, 2021

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

Receipts 45Last week 51Year ago 53

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 14)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	112.00–116.00	114.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,453	119.00–125.00	123.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,207	101.00–106.00	103.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,270	115.00–123.00	120.63

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.