Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2020-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-23

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.16/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$114.16

19 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$13.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.72

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	489	115.59	566	17thin
Medium and Large 2	433	102.00	441	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.59/cwt here — about $124 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 sale19 hd

114.16

—

PA average6 barns · 255 hd

98.44

+15.72

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	1,439	89.04	1,282	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,367	65.65	897	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	62.12	776	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,294	55.50	718	5thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 2	—	515	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	112.97/cwt	110.00–116.00	291	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	105.98/cwt	105.00–107.00	496	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	463	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,371	57.62/cwt	56.00–59.00	790	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	62.12/cwt	59.00–64.00	776	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,367	65.65/cwt	65.00–66.00	897	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	127.12/cwt	121.00–133.00	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	444	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	109.37/cwt	100.00–114.00	787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,031	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	112.62/cwt	107.50–120.00	640	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	385	2
Bulls	—	—	1,365	66.31/cwt	65.00–68.00	905	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	121.72/cwt	121.00–122.50	329	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	612	106.66/cwt	104.00–111.00	653	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	94.95/cwt	92.50–97.50	726	2
Bulls	—	—	1,469	98.13/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,442	5

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 Jul 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 65Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	101.00	101.00
1	—	350	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	258	110.00–116.00	112.97
2	—	468	105.00–107.00	105.98
1	—	675	119.00	119.00
1	—	600	112.00	112.00
4	—	506	116.00	116.00
4	—	352	126.00	126.00
3	—	720	100.00–114.00	109.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	355	131.00	131.00
2	—	520	121.00–133.00	127.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	612	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	90.00	90.00
1	—	500	113.00	113.00
4	—	568	107.50–120.00	112.62
2	—	328	117.50	117.50
2	—	270	121.00–122.50	121.72
1	—	1,350	93.00	93.00
2	—	765	92.50–97.50	94.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	130.00	130.00
3	—	612	104.00–111.00	106.66
1	—	700	102.00	102.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	47.00	47.00
4	—	1,371	56.00–59.00	57.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,249	59.00–64.00	62.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,367	65.00–66.00	65.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	65.00–68.00	66.31
5	—	1,469	93.00–103.00	98.13

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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