Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2020-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.63/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$111.63

36 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$14.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.25

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	464	112.46	522	34
Medium and Large 2	493	97.50	480	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.96/cwt here — about $42 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 sale36 hd

111.63

—

PA average7 barns · 475 hd

107.38

+4.25

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	1,560	78.83	1,230	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,673	68.50	1,146	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,465	57.66	845	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,199	46.00	552	5thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1	—	386	114.55/cwt	112.00–117.00	442	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	127.88/cwt	122.00–131.00	477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	130.59/cwt	120.00–136.00	565	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	112.59/cwt	110.00–115.00	484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	603	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,199	46.00/cwt	45.00–47.00	552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	111.97/cwt	111.00–114.00	545	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	111.28/cwt	108.00–114.00	575	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	119.68/cwt	110.00–124.00	661	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	547	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	118.94/cwt	113.00–124.00	601	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	452	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	748	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	874	1
Bulls	—	—	1,615	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	1,235	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,500	57.93/cwt	53.00–64.00	869	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	695	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,673	68.50/cwt	68.00–69.00	1,146	2
Bulls	—	—	1,533	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,226	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 Nov 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 130Last week 113Year ago 302

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 21Year ago 38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	386	112.00–117.00	114.55
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
2	—	430	110.00–115.00	112.59
2	—	593	110.00–111.00	110.50
8	—	487	111.00–114.00	111.97
9	—	517	108.00–114.00	111.28
1	—	320	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	107.50	107.50
1	—	700	87.50	87.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	122.00–131.00	127.88
6	—	433	120.00–136.00	130.59
2	—	1,003	101.00	101.00
4	—	457	132.00	132.00
1	—	330	134.00	134.00
6	—	552	110.00–124.00	119.68
5	—	505	113.00–124.00	118.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	100.00	100.00
2	—	460	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	117.50	117.50
1	—	420	107.50	107.50
1	—	470	131.00	131.00
2	—	668	112.00	112.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,199	45.00–47.00	46.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	64.00	64.00
5	—	1,500	53.00–64.00	57.93
1	—	1,390	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,673	68.00–69.00	68.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	76.50	76.50
2	—	1,533	80.00	80.00

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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