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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-16

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Nov 16

● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

← Oct 19Nov 16Dec 21 →

Receipts

33 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 25▲ 25 vs year ago 8 · +312.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 17)

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	1,243	122.03	1,517	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,028	92.22	948	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,330	128.22	1,705	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,190	120.84	1,438	6thin

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	1,190	120.84/cwt	119.00–123.00	1,438	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,330	128.22/cwt	125.00–132.75	1,705	10
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,028	92.22/cwt	90.00–94.00	948	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,243	122.03/cwt	112.00–127.00	1,517	15

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 Nov 16, 2021

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

Receipts 33Last week 25Year ago 8

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 17)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,190	119.00–123.00	120.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,330	125.00–132.75	128.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	90.00–94.00	92.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,243	112.00–127.00	122.03

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.