Sale reports / West Virginia / Parkersburg Livestock Market / 2019-05-23

Parkersburg Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mineral Wells, West Virginia · Thu, May 23
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1883
Feeder Cattle receipts
6 head
9 vs last sale 15 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 5 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.17/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$119.17
3 head · 404 lb average
Value per head Derived
$481
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.52
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1418122.755122thin
Medium and Large 2377112.004221thin
One grade step is worth $10.75/cwt here — about $90 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 sale3 hd
119.17
WV average5 barns · 151 hd
128.69
−9.52
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,06090.009541thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31056.007341thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94037.003481thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,275750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,5631
HeifersMedium and Large 2377112.00/cwt112.00–112.004221
Bulls1,06090.00/cwt90.00–90.009541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31056.00/cwt56.00–56.007341
CowsLean 85-90%94037.00/cwt37.00–37.003481
HeifersMedium and Large 1300122.50/cwt122.50–122.503681
HeifersMedium and Large 1535123.00/cwt123.00–123.006581
SteersMedium and Large 1120185.00/cwt185.00–185.002221

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.