Name: Waynesburg livestock auction prices — 2024-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-15

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $213.56/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$213.56

2 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.18

vs PA average

−38.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	213.56	1,207	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

213.56

—

PA average4 barns · 29 hd

229.74

−16.18

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−38.38

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	1,654	163.06	2,697	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,301	141.19	1,837	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,537	140.10	2,153	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,112	113.96	1,268	7thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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%	—	1,330	140.21/cwt	131.00–146.00	1,865	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,594	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	83.66/cwt	75.00–94.00	807	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,293	136.63/cwt	132.00–141.00	1,767	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	119.05/cwt	112.00–125.00	1,298	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	140.10/cwt	136.00–143.00	2,153	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	282.33/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,028	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	306.39/cwt	285.00–315.00	956	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	240.19/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	247.74/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,278	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,535	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	219.43/cwt	207.50–227.00	1,929	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,088	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	233.64/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,808	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,035	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,798	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	252.05/cwt	240.00–265.00	950	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	237.73/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,916	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	249.53/cwt	212.50–263.00	1,667	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	229.43/cwt	224.00–234.00	1,762	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	232.07/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,657	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	888	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	185.00/cwt	175.00–195.00	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	213.56/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,207	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	234.63/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,450	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	225.30/cwt	223.00–228.00	1,561	26
Bulls	—	—	1,654	163.06/cwt	147.00–175.00	2,697	6

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 Aug 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 243Last week 237Year ago 255

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 29Year ago 22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,330	131.00–146.00	140.21
1	—	1,070	149.00	149.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	965	75.00–94.00	83.66
2	—	1,293	132.00–141.00	136.63
3	—	1,090	112.00–125.00	119.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,537	136.00–143.00	140.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,654	147.00–175.00	163.06

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	312	285.00–315.00	306.39
7	350–400	364	272.50–290.00	282.33
1	400–450	410	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	473	235.00–245.00	240.19
5	500–550	516	230.00–252.00	247.74
1	550–600	575	217.00	217.00
1	650–700	660	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	614	250.00	250.00
23	650–700	668	212.50–263.00	249.53
18	700–750	731	246.00	246.00
6	750–800	774	232.00–238.00	233.64
11	800–850	806	235.00–238.00	237.73
9	850–900	879	207.50–227.00	219.43
8	900–950	945	221.00	221.00
7	950–1000	988	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	210.00	210.00
2	850–900	888	195.00	195.00
2	950–1000	950	175.00–195.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	270.00	270.00
4	350–400	377	240.00–265.00	252.05
1	400–450	400	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	565	207.00–220.00	213.56
6	600–650	618	230.00–237.00	234.63
26	650–700	693	223.00–228.00	225.30
31	700–750	714	227.00–235.00	232.07
25	750–800	768	224.00–234.00	229.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	225.00	225.00
1	450–500	450	225.00	225.00

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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