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Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Dec 16

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172

← Nov 18Dec 16Jan 20 →

Receipts

54 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 20▲ 20 vs year ago 34 · +58.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 35)

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	1,546	218.92	3,385	23
Heifers	Select	Average	1,351	208.25	2,813	7thin
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,493	195.00	2,911	4thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,290	178.00	2,296	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,551	221.15	3,430	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,393	205.00	2,856	2thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,393	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,856	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,551	221.15/cwt	204.00–227.00	3,430	17
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Standard	1,290	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,296	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,351	208.25/cwt	191.00–217.00	2,813	7
Heifers	—	Prime	1,493	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,911	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,546	218.92/cwt	215.00–223.00	3,385	23

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 Dec 16, 2025

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

Receipts 54Last week 20Year ago 34

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 35)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,546	215.00–223.00	218.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,493	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,351	191.00–217.00	208.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,551	204.00–227.00	221.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	205.00	205.00

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.