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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-15

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Feb 15

● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

← Jan 18Feb 15Mar 15 →

Receipts

52 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 68▼ 14 vs year ago 66 · −21.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 9)

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	1,395	138.47	1,932	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,285	127.16	1,634	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,515	140.73	2,132	41
Steers	Select	Average	1,363	132.54	1,807	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	132.54/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,807	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,515	140.73/cwt	134.00–144.00	2,132	41
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,285	127.16/cwt	124.00–128.50	1,634	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,395	138.47/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,932	6

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 Feb 15, 2022

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

Receipts 52Last week 68Year ago 66

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 9)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,395	136.00–142.00	138.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	124.00–128.50	127.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,515	134.00–144.00	140.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	131.00–134.00	132.54

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.