Name: Parkersburg Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-27

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.11/cwt on 175 head.

Average price

$128.11

175 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$43.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.79

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	131.30	731	144
Medium and Large 2	448	118.78	532	24
Medium 2	402	97.00	390	5thin
Small 1	718	88.00	631	2thin

One grade step is worth $43.30/cwt here — about $100 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 sale175 hd

128.11

—

WV average7 barns · 1,455 hd

129.90

−1.79

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	124.40/cwt	120.00–130.00	524	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	707	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	123.89/cwt	100.00–135.00	570	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	117.55/cwt	115.00–118.00	491	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	411	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	114.88/cwt	110.00–116.50	612	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	120.19/cwt	120.00–120.50	578	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	567	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	115.96/cwt	113.00–118.00	654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	110.60/cwt	103.00–114.00	376	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	99.99/cwt	94.00–108.00	454	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	116.34/cwt	100.00–118.00	498	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	126.99/cwt	126.00–127.50	1,029	21
Steers	Medium 2	—	402	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	390	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	115.16/cwt	108.00–118.00	380	16
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	136.02/cwt	123.00–139.00	495	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	127.62/cwt	110.00–131.00	601	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	126.17/cwt	120.00–134.00	728	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	119.73/cwt	104.00–135.00	444	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	512	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	130.73/cwt	120.00–136.00	558	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	806	1
Steers	Small 1	—	650	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	133.13/cwt	133.00–133.25	923	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	952	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	133.97/cwt	129.00–139.00	698	27
Steers	Small 1	—	785	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	707	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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