Sale reports / Virginia / Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. / 2025-05-20

Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, May 20
● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172
Receipts
71 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 80▼ 97 vs year ago 168 · −57.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 23)

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
HeifersChoiceAverage1,348218.862,95023
SteersChoiceAverage1,501221.033,31847
SteersSelectAverage1,470205.003,0141thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,470205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,0141
Steers—Choice1,501221.03/cwt208.00–227.003,31847
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,348218.86/cwt203.00–226.002,95023

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.