Name: Parkersburg Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-02

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $114.67/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$114.67

28 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$243

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

$27.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.49

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	326	130.00	424	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	538	114.43	616	24
Medium and Large 2	653	102.25	667	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.75/cwt here — about −$243 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

114.67

—

WV average5 barns · 161 hd

115.16

−0.49

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%	High	1,160	55.35	642	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,250	41.00	513	1thin

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Parkersburg Livestock Market - Mineral Wells, WV

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%	—	1,250	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	513	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,160	55.35/cwt	54.00–56.50	642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	326	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	359	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	627	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,965	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	117.32/cwt	112.50–121.00	506	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	71.55/cwt	63.00–80.00	669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	312	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	719	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	940	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	404	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	139.18/cwt	137.50–140.00	431	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,001	559.06/cwt	510.00–600.00	5,596	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	690	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	427	1

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every West Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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