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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-15

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Oct 15

● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

← Sep 17Oct 15Nov 19 →

Receipts

29 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 69▼ 34 vs year ago 63 · −54.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 10, 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	Average	1,325	184.45	2,444	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,359	180.74	2,456	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	186.58	2,679	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,138	171.00	1,946	1thin

Every lot

4 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	—	Select	1,138	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,946	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,436	186.58/cwt	185.00–190.00	2,679	9
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,325	184.45/cwt	171.00–189.50	2,444	11
Heifers	—	Select	1,359	180.74/cwt	171.00–185.00	2,456	8

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 Oct 15, 2024

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

Receipts 29Last week 69Year ago 63

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 19)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,138	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,436	185.00–190.00	186.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,359	171.00–185.00	180.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,325	171.00–189.50	184.45

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.