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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-19

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Dec 19

● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

← Nov 28Dec 19Feb 20 →

Receipts

52 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 24▲ 32 vs year ago 20 · +160.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 19)

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 and Prime	Average	1,420	171.44	2,434	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,314	168.22	2,210	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,627	173.80	2,828	33

Every lot

3 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,627	173.80/cwt	171.00–175.00	2,828	33
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,314	168.22/cwt	165.00–172.00	2,210	4
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,420	171.44/cwt	170.00–174.50	2,434	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 Dec 19, 2023

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

Receipts 52Last week 24Year ago 20

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 19)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,627	171.00–175.00	173.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,420	170.00–174.50	171.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,314	165.00–172.00	168.22

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.