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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, May 21

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

← Apr 16May 21Jun 18 →

Receipts

168 head

▲ 108 vs last sale 60▲ 66 vs year ago 102 · +64.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 42)

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	Low	1,387	182.34	2,529	39
Steers	Choice and Prime	Low	1,542	181.77	2,804	121
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,316	166.31	2,189	3thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,316	166.31/cwt	155.00–175.50	2,189	3
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,345	173.03/cwt	172.25–175.00	2,327	9
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,554	182.58/cwt	176.00–186.10	2,837	111
Steers	—	Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight	2,035	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	3,480	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,266	171.90/cwt	168.00–173.00	2,176	4
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,401	183.53/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,571	35

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 168Last week 60Year ago 102

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 42)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,345	172.25–175.00	173.03
111	—	1,554	176.00–186.10	182.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,035	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,316	155.00–175.50	166.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,266	168.00–173.00	171.90
35	—	1,401	180.00–187.00	183.53

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.