Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2019-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-31

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.95/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$110.95

33 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$18.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.81

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	455	111.51	507	32
Medium and Large 2	490	93.00	456	1thin

One grade step is worth $18.51/cwt here — about $51 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 sale33 hd

110.95

—

PA average8 barns · 288 hd

79.13

+31.81

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	1,968	66.00	1,299	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,188	57.21	680	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,452	46.72	678	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,209	42.00	508	12

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	260	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	286	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	125.53/cwt	125.00–126.00	399	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	387	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	131.19/cwt	128.00–138.00	556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	126.70/cwt	125.00–130.00	608	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	119.40/cwt	114.00–122.00	613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	860	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	250	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	114.95/cwt	109.00–118.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	116.13/cwt	112.50–118.00	534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	112.04/cwt	110.00–116.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	91.63/cwt	85.00–95.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	113.67/cwt	110.00–115.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	114.74/cwt	108.00–119.00	405	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	114.51/cwt	110.00–119.00	361	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	135.68/cwt	129.00–141.00	571	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	131.40/cwt	131.00–132.00	665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	111.09/cwt	107.50–113.00	681	3
Bulls	—	—	1,835	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,229	1
Bulls	—	—	2,100	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,365	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	587	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,463	47.18/cwt	44.00–49.00	690	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,188	57.21/cwt	56.00–59.00	680	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	411	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,218	42.45/cwt	39.00–45.00	517	11

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 31, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 193Last week 257Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 82Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	110.00	110.00
2	—	318	125.00–126.00	125.53
2	—	580	119.00	119.00
3	—	387	139.00	139.00
3	—	424	128.00–138.00	131.19
4	—	480	125.00–130.00	126.70
4	—	513	114.00–122.00	119.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	115.00	115.00
1	—	860	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	110.00	110.00
3	—	433	109.00–118.00	114.95
3	—	460	112.50–118.00	116.13
3	—	564	110.00–116.00	112.04
3	—	628	108.00	108.00
3	—	673	85.00–95.00	91.63
4	—	513	110.00–115.00	113.67
5	—	353	108.00–119.00	114.74
7	—	315	110.00–119.00	114.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	132.50	132.50
2	—	1,040	96.00	96.00
5	—	421	129.00–141.00	135.68
5	—	506	131.00–132.00	131.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	107.50	107.50
3	—	613	107.50–113.00	111.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	67.00	67.00
1	—	2,100	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	43.00	43.00
8	—	1,463	44.00–49.00	47.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	56.00–59.00	57.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	37.00	37.00
11	—	1,218	39.00–45.00	42.45

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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