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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Mar 15

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

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Receipts

77 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 52▲ 38 vs year ago 39 · +97.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 54)

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	1,314	148.24	1,948	49
Heifers	Select	Average	1,201	120.66	1,449	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,499	149.39	2,239	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,760	124.00	2,182	1thin

Every lot

6 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,375	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,966	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,505	149.69/cwt	140.50–150.75	2,253	21
Steers	—	Select	1,760	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,182	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,201	120.66/cwt	103.00–141.00	1,449	5
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,313	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,930	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,314	148.32/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,949	46

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 Mar 15, 2022

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

Receipts 77Last week 52Year ago 39

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 54)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,314	144.00–150.00	148.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,201	103.00–141.00	120.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,313	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,505	140.50–150.75	149.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	143.00	143.00

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.