Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.58/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$109.58

47 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$536

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$11.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.50

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	486	110.99	539	41
Medium and Large 2	515	99.91	515	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.09/cwt here — about $25 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 sale47 hd

109.58

—

PA average7 barns · 319 hd

78.07

+31.50

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	1,635	81.00	1,324	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,380	59.00	814	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,386	52.71	730	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	44.35	469	3thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	815	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	823	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	116.50/cwt	116.00–117.00	419	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	122.81/cwt	115.00–125.00	655	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	126.87/cwt	119.00–134.00	643	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	118.20/cwt	117.00–119.00	552	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	108.48/cwt	99.00–111.00	469	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	134.26/cwt	121.00–137.00	640	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	105.80/cwt	100.00–108.00	590	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	702	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	118.97/cwt	118.00–121.00	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	99.81/cwt	95.00–110.00	431	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	115.73/cwt	115.00–118.00	373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	99.51/cwt	98.00–100.00	632	4
Bulls	—	—	1,635	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	118.01/cwt	114.00–120.00	457	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	541	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	53.49/cwt	50.00–56.00	741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	646	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	814	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	667	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	43.02/cwt	42.00–44.00	435	2

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 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 113Last week 245Year ago 193

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 67Year ago 44

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	101.00	101.00
2	—	360	116.00–117.00	116.50
2	—	605	100.00	100.00
6	—	533	115.00–125.00	122.81
6	—	477	121.00–137.00	134.26
3	—	702	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	83.00	83.00
2	—	420	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	124.00	124.00
2	—	405	129.00	129.00
13	—	507	119.00–134.00	126.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	112.00	112.00
3	—	680	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	467	117.00–119.00	118.20
1	—	650	98.00	98.00
7	—	432	99.00–111.00	108.48
7	—	558	100.00–108.00	105.80
3	—	517	118.00–121.00	118.97
1	—	820	81.00	81.00
4	—	322	115.00–118.00	115.73
4	—	635	98.00–100.00	99.51
5	—	387	114.00–120.00	118.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	96.00	96.00
3	—	432	95.00–110.00	99.81
2	—	595	102.00	102.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	81.00	81.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	47.00	47.00
2	—	1,010	42.00–44.00	43.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,385	50.00–56.00	53.49
1	—	1,390	48.00	48.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	59.00	59.00

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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