West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 140 priced lines covering 2,679 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,778 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 232 head. replacement cattle receipts at 57 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 7, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,778Last week 3,025Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 232Last week 544Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 78Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	140.00	140.00
2	—	305	135.00–138.00	136.50
13	—	435	127.50–143.00	132.68
6	—	555	116.00–124.00	121.10
11	—	463	108.00–132.50	118.60
6	—	653	80.00–90.00	81.70
3	—	610	90.00–103.00	98.60
1	—	290	137.50	137.50
8	—	508	120.00–127.50	125.57
2	—	848	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	590	90.00–102.50	95.39
1	—	510	122.50	122.50
3	—	684	80.00–86.00	83.97
2	—	265	111.00	111.00
5	—	629	87.00–89.00	87.81
1	—	400	118.00	118.00
1	—	475	120.00	120.00
1	—	300	110.00	110.00
2	—	375	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	359	112.00–125.00	114.29
4	—	680	90.00–120.00	100.47
27	—	529	110.00–125.00	115.82
13	—	462	82.50–131.00	109.78
2	—	790	80.00–87.00	83.50
2	—	908	70.00	70.00
6	—	414	110.00–143.00	128.92
7	—	618	80.00–110.00	97.36
9	—	573	100.00–125.00	118.83
1	—	1,015	71.00	71.00
3	—	735	59.00–90.00	78.01
4	—	821	50.00–90.00	72.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	113.00–122.00	117.52
7	—	774	118.00–126.00	121.43
4	—	846	132.00	132.00
1	—	920	119.00	119.00
216	—	530	2.00–1,337.50	142.54
133	—	474	110.00–146.00	141.77
4	—	289	117.50–140.00	130.66
1	—	1,020	95.00	95.00
5	—	337	125.00–130.00	129.02
24	—	734	115.00–134.00	123.76
3	—	218	123.00–130.00	127.49
23	—	662	102.50–128.50	122.20
26	—	365	116.00–140.00	131.17
108	—	430	4.00–161.00	141.52
9	—	976	83.00	83.00
177	—	571	104.00–136.00	129.12
136	—	634	116.00–135.75	130.16
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	75.00	75.00
1	—	600	105.50	105.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	789	131.00	131.00
15	—	862	128.00–132.00	130.68
5	—	923	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	40.00	40.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	104.00	104.00
14	—	346	106.00	106.00
6	—	624	74.50	74.50
6	—	554	96.00	96.00
1	—	775	94.00	94.00
5	—	700	80.50	80.50
5	—	429	110.00	110.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	56.00	56.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	660	123.00–133.00	125.34
12	—	814	94.00–115.00	100.87
5	—	733	105.00–115.00	108.88
23	—	332	125.00–138.00	131.48
1	—	1,195	85.00	85.00
4	—	763	110.00–128.00	114.63
65	—	473	108.00–144.00	139.63
46	—	377	77.50–144.00	136.08
2	—	260	100.00–110.00	105.00
35	—	528	110.00–129.00	128.05
39	—	433	115.00–142.00	140.16
19	—	574	120.00–123.50	123.32
7	—	611	60.00–130.00	112.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	120.00	120.00
1	—	625	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	801	105.00	105.00
92	—	421	111.00–131.00	123.84
223	—	481	107.50–127.00	121.74
1	—	275	120.00	120.00
56	—	635	90.00–116.00	109.40
58	—	523	106.00–131.00	111.07
2	—	912	80.00	80.00
99	—	568	101.00–127.50	118.26
6	—	719	101.00–112.00	107.36
24	—	339	110.00–132.50	118.53
24	—	363	110.00–132.50	114.79
20	—	784	105.00–117.00	112.47
4	—	665	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	541	79.00–93.50	90.65
5	—	485	120.00	120.00
3	—	330	92.50	92.50
2	—	682	136.00	136.00
6	—	631	41.00–81.00	68.32
12	—	370	95.00	95.00
10	—	446	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	515	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	634	100.00–105.00	100.64
8	—	730	100.00–102.00	101.51
26	—	362	106.00–120.00	118.31
7	—	669	110.00–118.00	113.67
23	—	314	102.50–122.50	108.20
10	—	516	11.00–111.00	57.16
86	—	415	100.00–125.00	119.28
74	—	484	115.00–120.00	119.41
5	—	290	91.00–115.00	100.76
47	—	559	100.00–117.00	114.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	682	115.50	115.50
13	—	613	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
1	—	295	80.00	80.00
1	—	738	84.00	84.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,129	30.00–49.00	42.84
7	—	1,101	21.00–44.00	36.38
6	—	1,113	40.00–55.00	48.55
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	52.00	52.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,483	45.00–46.00	45.51
12	—	1,506	41.00–53.00	49.74
2	—	1,273	52.00–54.00	52.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,235	38.00–52.00	47.95
16	—	1,222	50.00–56.00	52.85
8	—	1,144	30.00–47.50	42.76
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	619	90.00–143.00	120.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	79.00	79.00
21	—	1,611	56.00–81.00	68.59
4	—	1,494	74.00–77.50	75.99
1	—	1,560	55.00	55.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	888	575.00–660.00	618.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,177	530.00–4,425.00	804.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,087	625.00–920.00	769.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	575.00	575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	953	300.00–600.00	448.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	930	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,133	570.00–675.00	622.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,192	1,025.00–1,250.00	1,173.53

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the West Virginia barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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