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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-16

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, May 16

● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

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Receipts

102 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 57▲ 54 vs year ago 48 · +112.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 88, 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	High	1,290	167.14	2,155	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,440	153.49	2,210	2thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,476	168.84	2,492	88

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	—	Choice	1,470	168.38/cwt	160.50–172.00	2,475	85
Steers	—	Choice	1,647	181.84/cwt	180.00–184.50	2,995	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,265	165.88/cwt	160.00–171.75	2,098	11
Heifers	—	Select	1,440	153.49/cwt	153.00–154.00	2,210	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,560	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,824	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 May 16, 2023

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

Receipts 102Last week 57Year ago 48

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 14)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,647	180.00–184.50	181.84
85	—	1,470	160.50–172.00	168.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	153.00–154.00	153.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	181.00	181.00
11	—	1,265	160.00–171.75	165.88

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.