Name: Staunton Union Stockyards, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 129)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.01/cwt on 129 head.

Average price

$118.01

129 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$17.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.21

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	599	121.60	728	64
Medium and Large 1	546	120.98	660	25
Medium and Large 2	476	114.54	546	24
Medium and Large 3	409	104.15	426	16thin

One grade step is worth $17.45/cwt here — about $303 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 sale129 hd

118.01

—

VA average10 barns · 1,098 hd

116.79

+1.21

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

28 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	695	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	123.36/cwt	117.00–124.00	603	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	306	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	278	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	509	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	154.82/cwt	153.00–157.00	867	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	614	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	899	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	487	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	432	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	504	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	580	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	498	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	763	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	608	120.58/cwt	119.00–121.00	733	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	331	97.92/cwt	90.00–101.00	324	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	469	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	511	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	496	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	655	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	767	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	488	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	454	2

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 129)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	124.00	124.00
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
4	—	653	118.00	118.00
9	—	579	120.00	120.00
10	—	489	117.00–124.00	123.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	110.00	110.00
2	—	628	107.00	107.00
3	—	555	120.00	120.00
7	—	504	115.00	115.00
10	—	433	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	608	119.00–121.00	120.58
11	—	496	132.00	132.00
12	—	664	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	331	90.00–101.00	97.92
9	—	469	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	306	91.00	91.00
1	—	495	130.00	130.00
1	—	540	135.00	135.00
3	—	372	116.00	116.00
3	—	413	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	560	153.00–157.00	154.82
9	—	642	140.00	140.00
7	—	483	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	539	114.00	114.00
6	—	443	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	93.00	93.00

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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