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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-19

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Sep 19

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

← Aug 15Sep 19Oct 17 →

Receipts

45 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 68▲ 17 vs year ago 28 · +60.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 25, Bullocks 2)

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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,268	134.27	1,703	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,335	181.09	2,418	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,348	165.07	2,225	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,130	140.00	1,582	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,527	180.32	2,753	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,337	173.82	2,324	7thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	150.00	1,875	3thin

Every lot

7 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	—	Select and Choice	1,250	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,875	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,337	173.82/cwt	162.00–180.00	2,324	7
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,527	180.32/cwt	178.50–185.00	2,753	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,130	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,582	1
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,335	181.09/cwt	174.00–190.00	2,418	22
Heifers	—	Choice	1,348	165.07/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,225	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,268	134.27/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,703	2

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 Sep 19, 2023

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

Receipts 45Last week 68Year ago 28

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 25, Bullocks 2)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	133.00–136.00	134.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,250	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,527	178.50–185.00	180.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,337	162.00–180.00	173.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,335	174.00–190.00	181.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	161.00–169.00	165.07

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.