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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-16

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Apr 16

● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

← Mar 19Apr 16May 21 →

Receipts

60 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 40▲ 3 vs year ago 57 · +5.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 48)

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	1,408	179.22	2,523	46
Heifers	Select	Average	1,393	156.30	2,177	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	177.85	2,554	12

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	1,436	177.85/cwt	173.00–182.00	2,554	12
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,393	156.30/cwt	153.00–161.00	2,177	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,408	179.22/cwt	170.00–182.25	2,523	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 Apr 16, 2024

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

Receipts 60Last week 40Year ago 57

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 48)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	153.00–161.00	156.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,408	170.00–182.25	179.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,436	173.00–182.00	177.85

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.