Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2020-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-15

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.43/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$126.43

72 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$15.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+32.27

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	484	129.07	625	60
Medium and Large 2	501	113.21	567	12thin

One grade step is worth $15.86/cwt here — about $57 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 sale72 hd

126.43

—

PA average7 barns · 617 hd

94.15

+32.27

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	1,505	76.78	1,156	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,336	57.43	767	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,274	51.45	656	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,103	44.72	493	11

Every lot, as filed

42 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 2	—	430	115.47/cwt	112.50–119.00	497	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	840	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	116.68/cwt	114.00–119.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	115.82/cwt	112.50–119.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	588	114.96/cwt	110.00–125.00	676	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	136.46/cwt	132.00–140.00	640	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	120.72/cwt	110.00–125.00	503	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	112.65/cwt	110.00–115.00	629	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	111.88/cwt	104.00–114.00	700	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	113.83/cwt	110.00–116.00	586	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	119.79/cwt	115.00–125.00	385	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	121.66/cwt	120.00–122.50	805	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	148.56/cwt	129.00–158.00	624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	122.93/cwt	117.00–129.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	131.26/cwt	124.00–135.00	748	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	136.25/cwt	122.00–147.50	559	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	129.02/cwt	117.50–135.00	676	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	138.79/cwt	134.00–142.50	529	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	108.99/cwt	107.00–110.00	716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	131.16/cwt	122.50–140.00	424	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	390	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	46.85/cwt	45.00–49.00	609	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	51.82/cwt	48.00–56.00	659	25
Bulls	—	—	1,505	76.78/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,156	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	45.29/cwt	42.00–49.00	504	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,336	57.43/cwt	55.00–63.50	767	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	995	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,035	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	107.34/cwt	90.00–119.00	407	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,205	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	119.35/cwt	110.00–128.00	605	6

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 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 276Last week 253Year ago 253

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 54Year ago 86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	112.50–119.00	115.47
1	—	840	76.00	76.00
1	—	485	110.00	110.00
1	—	355	110.00	110.00
6	—	507	110.00–128.00	119.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	588	110.00–125.00	114.96
11	—	469	132.00–140.00	136.46
11	—	410	122.00–147.50	136.25
10	—	524	117.50–135.00	129.02
9	—	381	134.00–142.50	138.79
3	—	657	107.00–110.00	108.99
3	—	323	122.50–140.00	131.16
2	—	645	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	115.00	115.00
3	—	465	114.00–119.00	116.68
2	—	368	112.50–119.00	115.82
1	—	758	107.50	107.50
18	—	417	110.00–125.00	120.72
10	—	558	110.00–115.00	112.65
8	—	626	104.00–114.00	111.88
6	—	515	110.00–116.00	113.83
6	—	321	115.00–125.00	119.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
1	—	405	103.00	103.00
1	—	300	115.00	115.00
4	—	379	90.00–119.00	107.34
2	—	475	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	140.00–141.00	140.49
3	—	662	120.00–122.50	121.66
3	—	420	129.00–158.00	148.56
2	—	608	117.00–129.00	122.93
1	—	760	114.00	114.00
12	—	570	124.00–135.00	131.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	995	104.00	104.00
1	—	920	105.00	105.00
3	—	1,205	83.00	83.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	39.00	39.00
10	—	1,113	42.00–49.00	45.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	45.00–49.00	46.85
25	—	1,272	48.00–56.00	51.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,336	55.00–63.50	57.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	70.00–82.00	76.78

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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