West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 184 priced lines covering 2,333 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,416 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 356 head. replacement cattle receipts at 264 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,416Last week 3,386Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 356Last week 330Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 264Last week 44Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	608	100.00–121.00	111.41
32	—	477	100.00–142.50	136.09
25	—	421	110.00–156.00	143.88
7	—	765	105.00–115.00	113.51
1	—	830	97.00	97.00
33	—	368	110.00–150.00	146.70
49	—	533	100.00–129.00	114.60
16	—	573	110.00–125.00	121.28
1	—	710	111.00	111.00
4	—	664	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	823	97.00–124.00	115.79
16	—	759	120.00–130.00	123.45
72	—	530	116.00–140.00	132.05
103	—	368	120.00–152.00	144.21
1	—	100	70.00	70.00
8	—	714	120.00–129.00	122.96
3	—	1,100	89.00	89.00
3	—	996	110.00	110.00
2	—	860	125.00	125.00
12	—	675	97.00–125.00	118.60
83	—	571	112.50–139.00	131.61
4	—	279	130.00–150.00	141.86
54	—	428	120.00–156.50	140.69
82	—	476	115.00–148.50	141.77
94	—	640	100.00–139.00	129.80
4	—	324	130.00–135.00	131.80
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	91.00	91.00
1	—	570	103.00	103.00
4	—	517	105.00	105.00
3	—	655	90.00	90.00
4	—	351	91.00	91.00
9	—	427	119.00–120.00	119.11
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	82.50	82.50
1	—	1,075	81.00	81.00
5	—	456	1.00–115.00	86.08
8	—	353	114.00	114.00
4	—	576	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	686	120.00–124.00	122.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	710	129.00–135.00	134.83
26	—	623	130.00–133.00	132.44
2	—	655	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	82.00	82.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	90.00–132.00	110.26
2	—	563	110.00–116.00	112.96
3	—	675	90.00–113.00	105.11
11	—	517	106.00–143.00	134.73
1	—	310	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	381	118.00–132.50	124.81
8	—	624	90.00–114.00	108.52
16	—	472	110.00–123.00	117.17
22	—	429	106.00–125.00	114.93
5	—	333	122.50–137.50	132.39
23	—	575	106.00–115.00	108.73
43	—	521	108.00–125.50	116.75
1	—	680	102.50	102.50
2	—	740	95.00	95.00
4	—	990	70.00	70.00
2	—	271	120.00–130.00	125.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	99.00	99.00
5	—	527	100.00–107.50	103.73
2	—	478	111.00–115.00	113.01
2	—	715	91.00	91.00
3	—	325	100.00	100.00
2	—	242	100.00	100.00
1	—	690	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	86.00	86.00
1	—	680	68.00	68.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	720	80.00–106.00	91.93
8	—	622	86.00–111.00	95.00
9	—	324	78.00–142.00	120.42
10	—	523	84.00–117.00	105.64
18	—	425	91.00–144.00	119.31
21	—	478	80.00–143.00	114.27
2	—	565	108.00–117.00	112.46
2	—	860	101.00	101.00
1	—	195	112.50	112.50
1	—	240	111.00	111.00
3	—	283	100.00–141.00	113.28
5	—	779	91.00–101.00	96.88
8	—	667	105.00–118.00	110.82
11	—	378	110.00–142.00	127.73
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	447	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	82.00	82.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	108.00	108.00
1	—	485	108.00	108.00
1	—	550	100.00	100.00
3	—	420	94.00–110.00	104.54
2	—	525	106.00–110.00	108.08
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	423	90.00–120.00	115.10
10	—	631	100.00	100.00
1	—	875	71.00	71.00
2	—	242	102.50	102.50
5	—	668	80.00–105.00	89.35
4	—	525	100.00–102.50	101.63
2	—	260	107.50	107.50
18	—	316	90.00–115.00	108.05
22	—	561	90.00–109.00	106.63
4	—	738	80.00–97.00	90.51
60	—	483	95.00–116.00	114.15
29	—	360	90.00–117.00	107.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	728	90.00–113.00	95.06
10	—	762	92.00–116.00	105.29
3	—	268	107.50–130.00	117.56
36	—	364	110.00–126.00	116.93
117	—	482	105.00–125.00	117.84
65	—	565	92.50–121.00	116.37
43	—	528	97.00–120.00	114.04
48	—	629	90.00–121.00	114.03
10	—	680	110.00–678.00	168.84
63	—	422	110.00–126.00	121.21
18	—	323	110.00–132.50	126.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	91.00	91.00
2	—	275	97.50–105.00	100.98
6	—	432	72.50–91.00	82.84
8	—	317	85.00–97.50	87.53
1	—	180	112.50	112.50
1	—	235	105.00	105.00
1	—	615	92.00	92.00
5	—	467	84.00–97.50	90.19
4	—	371	52.50–90.00	67.93
3	—	588	79.00–86.00	83.64
3	—	505	74.00–85.00	79.61
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	105.00	105.00
1	—	405	100.00	100.00
1	—	285	85.00	85.00
2	—	520	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	80.00	80.00
1	—	355	62.00	62.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	107.50–110.00	108.76
8	—	1,403	105.00–110.00	109.13
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,423	110.50	110.50
7	—	1,479	108.00–111.50	109.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,211	40.50–55.00	45.06
60	—	1,107	15.00–48.00	34.38
61	—	1,112	16.00–43.00	32.36
2	—	1,053	12.50–15.00	13.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,266	30.00–51.00	44.01
20	—	1,254	45.00–60.50	53.18
25	—	1,217	25.00–46.00	37.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,516	40.00–43.00	41.63
11	—	1,506	38.00–51.00	44.81
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	10.00–19.50	15.23
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	111.50	111.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,302	30.00–60.00	49.07
1	—	1,805	77.00	77.00
1	—	1,350	73.00	73.00
27	—	1,759	51.00–87.00	66.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	690.00	690.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,280	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,460	900.00–1,000.00	925.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	975	700.00–1,000.00	909.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,410	950.00–1,075.00	1,045.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	950.00	950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,018	49.00	49.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	711	65.00	65.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	931	52.00–60.00	57.88
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,426	700.00–900.00	806.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	65	—	1,219	550.00–1,050.00	778.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,136	700.00–1,025.00	879.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,295	550.00–700.00	652.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,287	425.00–700.00	594.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,128	700.00–1,100.00	972.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,142	595.00	595.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,212	675.00–700.00	676.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	983	450.00–600.00	521.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,148	400.00–475.00	435.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	375.00	375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	535.00	535.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,211	725.00	725.00

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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