Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2022-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.13/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$143.13

30 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$20.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.29

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	147.92	825	23
Medium and Large 2	459	127.36	584	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.57/cwt here — about $240 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 sale30 hd

143.13

—

PA average7 barns · 212 hd

125.84

+17.29

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	1,602	101.75	1,630	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,427	82.00	1,170	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,395	77.80	1,085	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,076	69.18	744	4thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 2	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	122.75/cwt	122.50–123.00	600	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	589	144.57/cwt	120.00–152.50	852	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	303	165.41/cwt	155.00–176.00	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	795	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,169	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	159.78/cwt	157.00–165.00	840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,055	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	157.39/cwt	150.00–167.50	653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	148.48/cwt	146.00–151.00	950	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	936	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	81.33/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,161	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,120	4
Bulls	—	—	1,602	101.75/cwt	93.00–107.00	1,630	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,221	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	69.18/cwt	62.00–73.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	137.67/cwt	130.00–145.00	909	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	144.94/cwt	142.50–147.50	704	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	142.99/cwt	142.00–144.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	158.28/cwt	150.00–175.00	757	3

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 May 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 75Last week 126Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 32Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
4	—	489	122.50–123.00	122.75
1	—	655	127.50	127.50
2	—	583	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	589	120.00–152.50	144.57
2	—	303	155.00–176.00	165.41
1	—	795	147.00	147.00
4	—	415	150.00–167.50	157.39
4	—	486	142.50–147.50	144.94
1	—	855	132.00	132.00
2	—	540	142.00–144.00	142.99
1	—	395	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	155.00	155.00
1	—	625	156.00	156.00
1	—	796	133.00	133.00
2	—	570	150.00	150.00
1	—	670	157.50	157.50
1	—	405	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	154.00	154.00
7	—	526	157.00–165.00	159.78
1	—	385	170.00	170.00
1	—	705	130.00	130.00
2	—	405	130.00	130.00
1	—	310	140.00	140.00
2	—	640	146.00–151.00	148.48
3	—	660	130.00–145.00	137.67
1	—	1,050	91.00	91.00
3	—	478	150.00–175.00	158.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	112.50	112.50
2	—	520	122.00	122.00
3	—	372	135.00	135.00
1	—	585	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	81.00	81.00
4	—	1,455	77.00	77.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,428	79.00–84.00	81.33
1	—	1,420	86.00	86.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,076	62.00–73.00	69.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,602	93.00–107.00	101.75

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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