West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 253 priced lines covering 4,988 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,386 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 330 head. replacement cattle receipts at 44 head. Counted as USDA files them — 10 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,386Last week 4,173Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 330Last week 371Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 76Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	848	126.00	126.00
6	—	716	131.50	131.50
8	—	758	131.50	131.50
11	—	647	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	644	115.00–124.00	123.32
5	—	832	118.50	118.50
6	—	763	114.50	114.50
19	—	328	119.00–137.00	129.59
49	—	525	104.00–143.50	138.64
2	—	718	93.00–100.00	96.44
7	—	278	135.00–140.00	138.64
1	—	200	185.00	185.00
65	—	375	100.00–134.50	127.75
31	—	577	95.00–131.50	129.52
58	—	476	89.00–155.50	142.88
21	—	430	110.00–136.00	124.08
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	433	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	130.00	130.00
3	—	442	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	388	116.00–130.00	124.10
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
1	—	290	120.00	120.00
15	—	708	96.00–130.50	126.51
39	—	563	120.00–139.00	134.63
3	—	428	93.00–111.00	102.30
12	—	489	97.00–130.00	119.50
13	—	518	115.00–135.00	118.00
4	—	841	115.00	115.00
2	—	600	105.00	105.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	116.00	116.00
1	—	495	106.00	106.00
2	—	515	110.00–111.00	110.50
4	—	423	96.00–120.00	107.93
1	—	270	102.50	102.50
1	—	340	110.00	110.00
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
1	—	600	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	575	135.00–135.50	135.46
64	—	479	151.50	151.50
60	—	637	135.00	135.00
22	—	431	101.00–160.00	157.38
1	—	975	116.00	116.00
1	—	685	131.00	131.00
71	—	529	143.50–145.00	143.63
6	—	735	124.00	124.00
3	—	1,310	131.00	131.00
16	—	378	140.00–145.00	140.33
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	104.00	104.00
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
Steers — Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	610	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	132.00	132.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	124.00	124.00
1	—	955	111.00	111.00
1	—	680	114.00	114.00
2	—	465	157.00	157.00
2	—	448	147.50	147.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	136.00	136.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	531	140.00	140.00
14	—	472	120.00–159.00	154.16
10	—	745	123.00–131.00	130.22
5	—	428	110.00–155.00	145.85
1	—	755	114.00	114.00
31	—	641	136.00	136.00
40	—	581	138.50	138.50
3	—	843	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	106.00	106.00
3	—	752	106.00	106.00
16	—	443	80.00–117.00	107.28
1	—	340	98.00	98.00
4	—	528	97.50–111.00	107.77
5	—	288	102.50–107.50	106.49
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	115.00	115.00
1	—	565	109.00	109.00
2	—	343	115.00	115.00
4	—	353	113.00	113.00
5	—	630	106.00	106.00
8	—	436	121.00	121.00
2	—	730	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	871	100.00–113.00	108.22
5	—	667	123.00–134.00	126.01
8	—	336	125.00–142.50	131.17
2	—	922	123.00–126.00	124.47
34	—	376	121.00–149.00	136.37
37	—	577	120.00–137.00	128.41
48	—	428	125.00–149.00	135.58
2	—	287	146.00	146.00
19	—	732	97.00–129.00	115.50
101	—	533	115.00–139.00	132.64
10	—	757	121.00–133.00	127.50
1	—	840	110.00	110.00
1	—	200	190.00	190.00
2	—	190	185.00–195.00	190.13
56	—	464	116.00–145.00	131.67
60	—	635	105.00–131.00	126.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	446	144.00	144.00
3	—	348	130.00	130.00
3	—	498	140.00	140.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	90.00	90.00
9	—	551	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	632	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	110.00	110.00
2	—	505	104.00	104.00
3	—	480	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	614	90.00–132.00	119.82
19	—	426	82.50–405.00	135.06
23	—	565	75.00–120.00	102.72
8	—	333	115.00–138.00	124.69
3	—	276	120.00–145.00	136.41
1	—	700	101.00	101.00
1	—	865	93.00	93.00
5	—	691	85.00–109.00	93.81
18	—	375	85.00–143.00	122.89
22	—	522	75.00–129.00	116.11
38	—	475	82.50–140.00	122.95
1	—	765	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	528	125.00–131.00	127.44
9	—	373	110.00–143.00	123.17
1	—	1	118.00	118.00
17	—	427	112.50–140.00	124.34
15	—	462	105.00–137.50	121.65
10	—	625	95.00–112.00	105.92
6	—	337	110.00–123.00	119.83
8	—	582	114.00–128.00	120.03
5	—	739	75.00	75.00
15	—	680	110.00–117.00	115.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	100.00–110.00	104.91
9	—	329	120.00–125.00	120.51
3	—	521	100.00–110.00	106.74
9	—	288	115.00–122.50	117.72
14	—	372	97.50–136.00	120.17
1	—	430	97.50	97.50
8	—	467	100.00–134.00	109.59
1	—	240	82.00	82.00
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
2	—	697	100.00	100.00
3	—	566	100.00–122.50	114.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	120.00	120.00
1	—	370	57.50	57.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	92.50	92.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	100.00	100.00
1	—	365	107.50	107.50
5	—	277	129.00	129.00
1	—	235	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	740	90.00–116.00	100.80
117	—	423	11.00–126.00	116.04
7	—	274	108.00–115.00	111.11
15	—	517	100.00–123.00	112.30
91	—	483	100.00–117.00	115.43
65	—	336	102.50–122.00	115.76
59	—	559	94.00–117.00	115.01
44	—	380	65.00–122.00	114.52
22	—	638	100.00–116.00	113.09
4	—	679	88.00–100.00	93.90
1	—	225	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	651	90.00–95.00	93.50
19	—	343	81.00–101.00	98.29
6	—	624	52.50–87.50	74.02
6	—	572	92.00–101.00	99.47
3	—	268	82.50–87.50	85.70
2	—	375	81.00–109.00	95.19
1	—	455	90.00	90.00
1	—	235	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	100.00	100.00
3	—	430	81.00–90.00	86.93
5	—	359	97.50–109.00	102.04
9	—	563	70.00–110.00	105.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	422	109.00–125.00	122.49
1	—	380	84.00	84.00
7	—	569	112.50	112.50
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
1	—	295	100.00	100.00
24	—	482	101.00–120.00	117.68
2	—	745	101.00	101.00
7	—	527	95.00–120.00	110.05
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	740	80.00	80.00
10	—	455	105.00	105.00
2	—	563	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	721	110.00–115.00	114.28
3	—	4,790	122.00	122.00
5	—	829	104.00–108.00	107.19
187	—	482	2.00–129.00	115.85
1	—	850	80.00	80.00
1	—	935	90.00	90.00
2	—	757	100.00	100.00
5	—	675	102.00–115.00	110.15
20	—	333	105.00–125.00	118.71
37	—	365	106.00–125.00	115.02
56	—	430	107.00–134.00	118.87
57	—	526	100.00–127.00	113.89
120	—	562	100.00–126.00	121.46
690	—	644	104.00–125.00	112.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	619	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	101.00	101.00
2	—	657	117.00	117.00
6	—	528	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	105.00	105.00
3	—	483	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	284	104.00–118.00	110.98
9	—	247	110.00–111.00	110.78
1	—	540	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	110.00	110.00
2	—	500	102.00	102.00
2	—	485	94.00–105.00	99.39
4	—	573	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	431	106.00–111.00	107.17
1	—	595	96.00	96.00
1	—	485	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	100.00	100.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,133	450.00–500.00	477.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,283	600.00–650.00	623.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	540.00	540.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,300	850.00–975.00	883.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,250	725.00–1,175.00	875.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1,090	—	1,085	650.00–1,225.00	652.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,165	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	470.00	470.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,053	625.00–725.00	675.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,160	700.00–735.00	718.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	785.00	785.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,245	580.00	580.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	680.00	680.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,475	730.00	730.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,220	735.00–750.00	743.30
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,285	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,245	760.00–1,000.00	875.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	490.00	490.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,590	40.00–51.50	45.68
4	—	1,323	55.00–60.50	59.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,020	2.00–19.00	7.71
18	—	964	17.00–32.00	23.39
41	—	1,079	20.00–42.00	33.45
27	—	1,063	37.00–47.00	41.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,191	29.00–45.50	40.49
55	—	1,275	32.00–54.50	44.68
18	—	1,280	48.50–60.00	54.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,082	50.00–61.00	53.69
14	—	1,529	60.00–79.00	71.81
9	—	1,708	50.00–75.50	63.57
1	—	2,200	58.00	58.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	47.00	47.00

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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