Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2024-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-18

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.12/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$233.12

8 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$21.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.08

vs PA average

−24.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	241.00	1,299	5thin
Medium and Large 2	577	219.99	1,269	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.01/cwt here — about $30 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

233.12

—

PA average2 barns · 12 hd

235.21

−2.08

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

−24.68

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	1,946	158.85	3,091	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,449	145.87	2,114	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,342	132.67	1,780	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,130	117.85	1,332	7thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,697	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	158.60/cwt	152.00–165.00	2,157	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	935	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,051	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,223	126.51/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,547	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,327	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,737	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,243	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	915	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	272.75/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	266.23/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,126	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,958	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,892	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,776	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,606	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	803	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	219.99/cwt	189.00–235.00	1,269	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,822	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,272	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,520	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	245.47/cwt	223.00–250.00	1,740	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	288.83/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,210	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	214.97/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,081	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,695	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,501	143.93/cwt	141.00–148.00	2,160	7
Bulls	—	—	1,946	158.85/cwt	153.00–165.00	3,091	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	117.99/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,337	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,346	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 Jul 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 237Last week 255Year ago 282

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 9Year ago 32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,405	146.00	146.00
1	—	1,170	135.00	135.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	152.00–165.00	158.60
1	—	1,265	134.00	134.00
7	—	1,501	141.00–148.00	143.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,223	126.00–127.00	126.51
4	—	1,133	114.00–124.00	117.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,946	153.00–165.00	158.85

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	603	220.00	220.00
2	650–700	653	223.00	223.00
8	700–750	733	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	419	285.00–292.50	288.83
10	600–650	646	282.00	282.00
9	650–700	698	271.00	271.00
4	750–800	799	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	210.00–225.00	214.97
1	550–600	575	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	577	189.00–235.00	219.99
4	750–800	755	219.00	219.00
2	800–850	803	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	245.00	245.00
3	500–550	530	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	553	242.50	242.50
18	600–650	620	259.00	259.00
25	700–750	709	223.00–250.00	245.47
7	750–800	769	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	661	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	580	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	700	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	295.00	295.00
4	350–400	394	272.00–275.00	272.75
4	400–450	423	255.00–270.00	266.23
1	450–500	490	260.00	260.00
5	500–550	500	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	580	232.00	232.00

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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