Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 278, Heifers 156, Bulls 8)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.76/cwt on 268 head.

Average price

$144.76

268 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$960

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$21.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.11

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	669	145.19	972	247
Medium and Large 2	565	143.69	811	13thin
Medium and Large 3	520	143.00	743	4thin
Medium and Large 1	745	124.00	924	4thin

One grade step is worth $21.19/cwt here — about $48 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 sale268 hd

144.76

—

VA average10 barns · 1,002 hd

143.65

+1.11

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

Every lot, as filed

43 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	140.96/cwt	140.00–142.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	797	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	917	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	126.25/cwt	125.00–130.00	861	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	895	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	479	101.50/cwt	101.00–102.00	486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	736	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	565	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	403	111.86/cwt	104.00–115.00	451	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	538	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	597	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	694	125.05/cwt	121.00–132.00	868	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	374	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	482	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	441	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	728	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	905	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	891	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	161.07/cwt	156.00–167.00	936	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	140.46/cwt	138.00–143.00	948	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	650	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	719	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	820	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	769	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	367	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	773	134.35/cwt	125.00–135.50	1,039	72

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.

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

Staunton Livestock Auction Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Staunton, VA

Tue Feb 11, 2020

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 278, Heifers 156, Bulls 8)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	141.00	141.00
1	—	520	135.00	135.00
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
2	—	475	140.00–142.00	140.96
2	—	648	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	161.00	161.00
3	—	543	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	695	132.00	132.00
1	—	895	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	121.00	121.00
2	—	470	156.00	156.00
3	—	600	149.00	149.00
4	—	682	125.00–130.00	126.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	441	165.00	165.00
12	—	637	142.00	142.00
23	—	515	173.00	173.00
36	—	581	156.00–167.00	161.07
100	—	675	138.00–143.00	140.46
72	—	773	125.00–135.50	134.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	101.00–102.00	101.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	125.00	125.00
1	—	525	109.00	109.00
1	—	735	98.00	98.00
2	—	580	127.00	127.00
1	—	345	126.00	126.00
2	—	648	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	656	115.00	115.00
2	—	420	121.00	121.00
2	—	783	115.00	115.00
4	—	488	127.00	127.00
6	—	596	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	403	104.00–115.00	111.86
4	—	374	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	115.00	115.00
6	—	538	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	694	121.00–132.00	125.05
12	—	471	138.00	138.00
15	—	521	138.00	138.00
15	—	603	136.00	136.00
20	—	557	138.00	138.00

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.

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