Sale reports / Virginia / Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. / 2020-10-20

Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc.

Slaughter Cattle · Staunton, Virginia · Tue, Oct 20
● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2172
Receipts
56 head
26 vs last sale 30 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 18)

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,20598.601,18818
SteersChoiceAverage1,318102.961,35736
SteersSelectAverage1,34096.061,2872thin

Every lot, as filed

5 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersChoice1,20998.75/cwt85.00–103.001,19417
SteersChoice1,304102.10/cwt92.00–104.001,33129
HeifersChoiceNatural1,13596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0901
SteersChoiceNatural1,378106.51/cwt104.00–109.001,4687
SteersSelect1,34096.06/cwt94.00–98.001,2872

How this sale compares

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.