Sale reports / Virginia / Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. / 2020-05-12

Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-12

Feeder Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, May 12

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2178

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Receipts

112 head

▲ 112 vs last sale 0▲ 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 70, Bulls 3)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.44/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$128.44

70 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$14.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.50

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	132.09	715	44
Medium and Large 2	529	124.00	656	6thin
Medium and Large 1	547	122.41	670	17thin
Medium and Large 3	522	118.00	616	3thin

One grade step is worth $14.09/cwt here — about $99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale70 hd

128.44

—

VA average10 barns · 1,062 hd

123.94

+4.50

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 lots · USDA AMS · Staunton Livestock Auction Graded Feeder 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	619	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	481	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	731	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	518	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	798	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	828	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	841	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	663	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	729	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	880	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	422	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	469	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	617	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	611	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	512	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	678	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	522	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	616	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	652	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	567	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	703	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	726	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	794	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	797	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	1

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Staunton Livestock Auction Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Staunton, VA

Tue May 12, 2020

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

Receipts 112Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 70, Bulls 3)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	518	154.00	154.00
4	—	481	152.00	152.00
3	—	655	140.00	140.00
16	—	580	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	663	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	130.00	130.00
1	—	575	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	115.00	115.00
1	—	410	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	600	132.25	132.25
13	—	469	131.50	131.50
10	—	512	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	567	124.00	124.00
1	—	340	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	489	125.00	125.00
3	—	705	113.00	113.00
3	—	590	123.00	123.00
1	—	530	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	135.00	135.00
1	—	555	118.00	118.00

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.