Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 10, 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,354	148.43	2,010	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,035	130.00	1,346	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,367	149.71	2,047	10

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Choice	—	1,354	148.43/cwt	145.00–151.00	2,010	17
Heifers	Select	—	1,035	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,346	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,367	149.71/cwt	144.00–151.00	2,047	10

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.

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Staunton Livestock Auction Graded Slaughter Cattle Sale - Staunton, VA

Tue Sep 20, 2022

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

Receipts 28Last week 45Year ago 56

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 18)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,354	145.00–151.00	148.43
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	130.00	130.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,367	144.00–151.00	149.71

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.

Source: USDA AMS · Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. · Tue, Sep 20 · slug 2172 · RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA · www.raisedbeef.com/markets/barn/va/staunton-livestock-auction-2172/2022-09-20

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