Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 28, 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,306	167.55	2,188	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	171.67	2,541	26
Steers	Select	Average	1,383	151.48	2,095	2thin

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
Steers	Select	—	1,383	151.48/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,095	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	171.67/cwt	161.00–176.00	2,541	26
Heifers	Choice	—	1,306	167.55/cwt	162.00–171.00	2,188	23

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 Jun 20, 2023

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

Receipts 51Last week 102Year ago 73

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 23)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	150.00–153.00	151.48
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,480	161.00–176.00	171.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,306	162.00–171.00	167.55

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, Jun 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-2172/2023-06-20

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