Name: Parkersburg Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.31/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$131.31

8 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$95

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

$22.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.91

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	405	142.38	577	4thin
Medium and Large 2	559	120.25	672	4thin

One grade step is worth $22.13/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale8 hd

131.31

—

WV average5 barns · 136 hd

117.40

+13.91

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	1,497	90.23	1,351	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,368	53.65	734	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,199	45.89	550	9thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	128.50/cwt	128.00–129.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	143.25/cwt	142.50–144.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	442	1
Bulls	—	—	1,497	90.23/cwt	83.00–100.00	1,351	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	53.65/cwt	51.50–55.00	734	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	47.99/cwt	42.00–52.00	555	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,348	38.52/cwt	36.00–40.00	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	723	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	610	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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