Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2021-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-28

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.93/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$108.93

28 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$6.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.54

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	621	110.38	686	22
Medium and Large 2	428	103.65	443	6thin

One grade step is worth $6.73/cwt here — about $242 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 sale28 hd

108.93

—

PA average7 barns · 250 hd

85.39

+23.54

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,320	63.00	832	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	56.54	671	4thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 1	—	713	132.20/cwt	130.00–134.00	943	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	104.38/cwt	100.00–111.00	425	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	112.25/cwt	110.00–114.00	709	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	760	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	105.53/cwt	104.00–107.00	752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	766	99.00/cwt	96.00–100.00	758	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	865	86.33/cwt	83.00–93.00	747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	819	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	505	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	832	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	56.54/cwt	53.00–60.00	671	4

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 Jan 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 65Last week 27Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	713	130.00–134.00	132.20
1	—	490	121.00	121.00
2	—	660	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	100.00–111.00	104.38
1	—	530	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	632	110.00–114.00	112.25
5	—	679	112.00	112.00
2	—	815	93.00	93.00
3	—	515	115.00	115.00
3	—	469	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	104.00–107.00	105.53
4	—	766	96.00–100.00	99.00
3	—	865	83.00–93.00	86.33
3	—	819	92.50	92.50
1	—	380	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	63.00	63.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,186	53.00–60.00	56.54

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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