Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2019-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction to Feeder Cattle weight entries

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.31/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$122.31

79 head · 457 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$13.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.91

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	457	123.37	564	73
Medium and Large 2	457	109.43	500	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.95/cwt here — about $64 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 sale79 hd

122.31

—

PA average8 barns · 495 hd

94.41

+27.91

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

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,571	81.23	1,276	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,246	64.75	807	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,230	53.54	659	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,172	47.23	554	16

Every lot, as filed

46 lots · USDA AMS · Pennsylvania Livestock Auction - Waynesburg, PA

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	—	582	104.43/cwt	95.00–109.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	124.08/cwt	118.00–127.00	630	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	109.31/cwt	95.00–120.00	509	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	124.18/cwt	119.00–128.00	594	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	250	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	130.40/cwt	127.00–132.00	509	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	126.94/cwt	117.50–136.00	541	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	118.54/cwt	115.00–122.50	686	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	124.11/cwt	115.00–126.00	668	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	607	2
Bulls	—	—	1,655	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,192	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	461	131.32/cwt	126.00–135.00	605	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	136.44/cwt	127.00–139.00	576	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	115.70/cwt	114.00–117.50	376	2
Bulls	—	—	1,210	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	811	1
Bulls	—	—	1,556	80.71/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,256	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	276	121.54/cwt	120.00–122.50	335	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	133.76/cwt	122.50–141.00	498	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	110.27/cwt	108.00–115.00	520	4
Bulls	—	—	1,745	94.25/cwt	86.00–104.00	1,645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	126.43/cwt	122.00–134.00	731	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	354	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	444	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	661	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,003	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	42.53/cwt	41.00–46.00	505	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	128.76/cwt	123.00–143.00	565	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	134.07/cwt	120.00–137.00	703	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	113.34/cwt	110.00–117.00	423	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	54.48/cwt	52.00–57.00	671	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,265	53.82/cwt	52.00–55.00	681	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	131.30/cwt	130.00–132.00	494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	133.37/cwt	128.00–141.00	619	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	114.92/cwt	110.00–120.00	549	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	47.96/cwt	47.00–49.00	606	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,219	62.44/cwt	58.00–68.00	761	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	47.69/cwt	45.00–52.00	538	8

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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

Pennsylvania Livestock Auction - Waynesburg, PA

Thu Sep 19, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Feeder CattleReceipts 351Last week 213Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 48Year ago 0

Correction to Feeder Cattle weight entries

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	582	95.00–109.00	104.43
13	—	508	118.00–127.00	124.08
1	—	795	98.00	98.00
3	—	345	120.00	120.00
13	—	478	119.00–128.00	124.18
3	—	250	120.00	120.00
10	—	390	127.00–132.00	130.40
24	—	426	117.50–136.00	126.94
1	—	925	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	95.00–120.00	109.31
1	—	410	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	88.00	88.00
10	—	579	115.00–122.50	118.54
14	—	538	115.00–126.00	124.11
1	—	620	95.00	95.00
8	—	461	126.00–135.00	131.32
14	—	422	127.00–139.00	136.44
1	—	335	137.50	137.50
4	—	276	120.00–122.50	121.54
11	—	372	122.50–141.00	133.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	107.50	107.50
2	—	325	114.00–117.50	115.70
2	—	280	110.00	110.00
4	—	472	108.00–115.00	110.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	578	122.00–134.00	126.43
9	—	439	123.00–143.00	128.76
17	—	524	120.00–137.00	134.07
3	—	376	130.00–132.00	131.30
17	—	464	128.00–141.00	133.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	112.50	112.50
2	—	413	107.50	107.50
2	—	373	110.00–117.00	113.34
1	—	580	117.00	117.00
4	—	478	110.00–120.00	114.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	72.00	72.00
1	—	1,210	67.00	67.00
5	—	1,556	77.00–85.00	80.71
2	—	1,745	86.00–104.00	94.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	59.00	59.00
12	—	1,231	52.00–57.00	54.48
3	—	1,263	47.00–49.00	47.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	74.00	74.00
4	—	1,219	58.00–68.00	62.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,188	41.00–46.00	42.53
3	—	1,265	52.00–55.00	53.82
8	—	1,128	45.00–52.00	47.69

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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