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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Nov 19

● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

← Oct 15Nov 19Dec 17 →

Receipts

66 head

▲ 37 vs last sale 29▲ 3 vs year ago 63 · +4.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 20)

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	1,339	186.79	2,501	13
Heifers	Select	Average	1,306	185.91	2,428	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,476	187.16	2,762	35
Steers	Select	Average	1,245	178.24	2,219	11

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	1,245	178.24/cwt	171.00–188.00	2,219	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,476	187.16/cwt	180.00–192.00	2,762	35
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,306	185.91/cwt	185.00–188.00	2,428	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,339	186.79/cwt	177.00–191.00	2,501	13

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 Nov 19, 2024

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

Receipts 66Last week 29Year ago 63

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 20)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,245	171.00–188.00	178.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,476	180.00–192.00	187.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,306	185.00–188.00	185.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,339	177.00–191.00	186.79

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.