Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2019-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-03

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.68/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$110.68

55 head · 431 lb average

Value per head Derived

$477

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$13.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.57

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	444	112.87	501	46
Medium and Large 2	365	99.47	363	9thin

One grade step is worth $13.40/cwt here — about $138 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 sale55 hd

110.68

—

PA average9 barns · 306 hd

81.11

+29.57

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	—	Average	1,672	68.84	1,151	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,261	59.25	747	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,239	55.51	688	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,009	47.34	478	16

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	334	137.69/cwt	135.00–141.00	460	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	127.73/cwt	122.00–132.00	607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	108.65/cwt	102.50–112.00	571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	119.93/cwt	117.50–122.50	456	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	391	132.81/cwt	128.00–135.00	519	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	121.15/cwt	119.00–126.00	619	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	103.97/cwt	100.00–106.00	424	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	101.56/cwt	85.00–107.00	616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	108.07/cwt	105.00–111.00	459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	132.48/cwt	126.00–135.00	559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	106.50/cwt	95.00–118.00	362	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	923	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	92.33/cwt	85.00–95.00	298	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	114.54/cwt	105.00–118.00	550	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	462	114.75/cwt	114.00–115.00	530	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	459	123.22/cwt	121.00–128.00	566	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	129.36/cwt	121.00–137.50	495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	114.83/cwt	109.00–122.50	439	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	102.80/cwt	95.00–108.00	550	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	119.59/cwt	118.00–121.00	631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	114.33/cwt	111.00–117.00	656	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	293	134.54/cwt	125.00–139.00	394	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	107.03/cwt	90.00–116.00	444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	116.16/cwt	111.00–123.00	489	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	136.96/cwt	135.00–139.00	572	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	113.07/cwt	110.00–115.00	356	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	293	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	393	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	865	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	597	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	799	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	56.57/cwt	50.00–68.00	933	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,297	58.35/cwt	57.00–61.00	757	5
Bulls	—	—	1,693	81.10/cwt	71.00–92.00	1,373	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	52.33/cwt	51.00–53.00	542	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	51.57/cwt	50.00–53.00	691	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	40.84/cwt	34.00–45.00	413	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	59.34/cwt	58.00–63.00	680	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	48.56/cwt	44.00–51.00	486	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	55.38/cwt	53.00–59.00	687	27

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 Oct 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 196Last week 446Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 117Last week 117Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	334	135.00–141.00	137.69
5	—	391	128.00–135.00	132.81
5	—	422	126.00–135.00	132.48
5	—	459	121.00–128.00	123.22
5	—	528	118.00–121.00	119.59
9	—	574	111.00–117.00	114.33
3	—	293	125.00–139.00	134.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	117.50–122.50	119.93
2	—	425	105.00–111.00	108.07
4	—	462	114.00–115.00	114.75
4	—	535	95.00–108.00	102.80
2	—	293	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	122.00–132.00	127.73
1	—	835	108.00	108.00
6	—	511	119.00–126.00	121.15
2	—	770	121.00	121.00
2	—	855	108.00	108.00
3	—	383	121.00–137.50	129.36
1	—	230	112.50	112.50
3	—	644	118.00	118.00
1	—	285	135.00	135.00
4	—	418	135.00–139.00	136.96
1	—	550	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	95.00–118.00	106.50
2	—	518	112.50	112.50
3	—	415	90.00–116.00	107.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	95.00	95.00
3	—	408	100.00–106.00	103.97
4	—	323	85.00–95.00	92.33
1	—	280	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	526	102.50–112.00	108.65
4	—	607	85.00–107.00	101.56
8	—	480	105.00–118.00	114.54
11	—	382	109.00–122.50	114.83
15	—	421	111.00–123.00	116.16
1	—	580	90.00	90.00
3	—	315	110.00–115.00	113.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	69.00	69.00
1	—	1,480	54.00	54.00
5	—	1,297	57.00–61.00	58.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,035	51.00–53.00	52.33
4	—	1,011	34.00–45.00	40.84
9	—	1,000	44.00–51.00	48.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,339	50.00–53.00	51.57
5	—	1,146	58.00–63.00	59.34
27	—	1,241	53.00–59.00	55.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,650	50.00–68.00	56.57
3	—	1,693	71.00–92.00	81.10

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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