Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $99.77/cwt on 11 head.

Average price

$99.77

11 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$542

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$11.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.57

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	102.94	568	8thin
Medium and Large 2	523	91.33	478	3thin

One grade step is worth $11.60/cwt here — about $90 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 sale11 hd

99.77

—

PA average8 barns · 338 hd

96.20

+3.57

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	1,160	65.00	754	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,088	38.48	419	3thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	670	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	985	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	38.48/cwt	36.00–42.00	419	3
Bulls	—	—	1,160	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	94.67/cwt	89.00–97.50	663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	598	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	116.43/cwt	110.00–123.00	565	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	121.45/cwt	120.00–123.00	441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	538	1

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 Dec 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 27Last week 237Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 8Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	101.00	101.00
3	—	700	89.00–97.50	94.67
2	—	485	110.00–123.00	116.43
2	—	363	120.00–123.00	121.45
1	—	550	90.00	90.00
1	—	445	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	88.00	88.00
1	—	370	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	106.00	106.00
1	—	385	110.00	110.00
1	—	340	107.50	107.50
2	—	600	97.50	97.50
2	—	598	105.00	105.00
1	—	745	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	985	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,088	36.00–42.00	38.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	65.00	65.00

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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