Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.16/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$116.16

51 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$3.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.38

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	494	116.52	575	46
Medium and Large 2	437	112.90	494	5thin

One grade step is worth $3.62/cwt here — about $81 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 sale51 hd

116.16

—

PA average8 barns · 427 hd

91.78

+24.38

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	1,743	82.81	1,443	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,325	59.11	783	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	56.74	684	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	45.46	492	5thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	587	115.53/cwt	112.00–118.00	678	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	117.47/cwt	115.00–120.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	387	110.23/cwt	105.00–126.00	427	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	132.38/cwt	116.00–156.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	105.44/cwt	104.00–110.00	716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	115.23/cwt	113.00–118.00	497	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	714	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	434	144.94/cwt	144.00–148.00	629	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	146.46/cwt	132.50–157.50	557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	119.75/cwt	119.00–120.00	608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	154.79/cwt	146.00–159.00	724	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	115.15/cwt	112.00–116.00	708	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	130.76/cwt	130.00–132.50	432	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	119.84/cwt	117.00–122.00	563	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	122.14/cwt	115.00–129.00	636	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	674	112.01/cwt	99.00–119.00	755	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	141.86/cwt	137.50–148.00	587	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	724	5
Bulls	—	—	1,780	78.87/cwt	72.00–82.00	1,404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	860	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	115.86/cwt	90.00–127.50	382	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	283	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	334	2
Bulls	—	—	1,705	86.75/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,479	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	56.30/cwt	52.00–59.00	678	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	45.46/cwt	43.00–49.00	492	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	60.93/cwt	59.00–63.00	743	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,860	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	1,023	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,287	59.40/cwt	57.00–62.00	764	14

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 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 245Last week 276Year ago 257

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 73Year ago 82

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	115.00–120.00	117.47
3	—	660	114.00	114.00
3	—	512	116.00–156.00	132.38
3	—	380	132.50–157.50	146.46
7	—	468	146.00–159.00	154.79
3	—	330	130.00–132.50	130.76
5	—	414	137.50–148.00	141.86
5	—	608	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	100.00	100.00
4	—	387	105.00–126.00	110.23
1	—	525	124.00	124.00
1	—	860	87.00	87.00
1	—	415	111.00	111.00
5	—	330	90.00–127.50	115.86
2	—	283	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	587	112.00–118.00	115.53
4	—	610	117.00	117.00
4	—	434	144.00–148.00	144.94
1	—	720	100.00	100.00
7	—	521	115.00–129.00	122.14
4	—	674	99.00–119.00	112.01
1	—	460	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	102.00	102.00
3	—	277	117.50	117.50
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	113.00	113.00
4	—	679	104.00–110.00	105.44
9	—	431	113.00–118.00	115.23
2	—	275	117.50	117.50
4	—	508	119.00–120.00	119.75
4	—	339	121.00	121.00
7	—	615	112.00–116.00	115.15
13	—	470	117.00–122.00	119.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,780	72.00–82.00	78.87
3	—	1,705	85.00–88.00	86.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,204	52.00–59.00	56.30
2	—	1,219	59.00–63.00	60.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,082	43.00–49.00	45.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,860	55.00	55.00
14	—	1,287	57.00–62.00	59.40

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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