Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 19)

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 and Prime	Average	1,420	171.44	2,434	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,314	168.22	2,210	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,627	173.80	2,828	33

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	Choice and Prime	—	1,627	173.80/cwt	171.00–175.00	2,828	33
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,420	171.44/cwt	170.00–174.50	2,434	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,314	168.22/cwt	165.00–172.00	2,210	4

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 Dec 19, 2023

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

Receipts 52Last week 24Year ago 20

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 19)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,627	171.00–175.00	173.80
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,420	170.00–174.50	171.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,314	165.00–172.00	168.22

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, Dec 19 · 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-2172/2023-12-19

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