West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 128 priced lines covering 652 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 509 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 139 head. replacement cattle receipts at 54 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 509Last week 166Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 183Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 42Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	820	119.00–129.00	123.72
30	—	584	140.00–148.00	146.19
11	—	785	112.00–136.00	127.27
2	—	433	135.00–144.00	139.47
4	—	483	134.00–141.00	137.44
22	—	634	128.00–148.00	140.03
1	—	908	116.00	116.00
1	—	365	144.00	144.00
11	—	714	124.00–138.00	131.52
10	—	684	135.00–143.00	139.80
1	—	190	139.00	139.00
3	—	522	126.00–139.00	133.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	630	111.00–145.00	136.01
6	—	472	145.00–160.00	150.20
3	—	672	126.00–140.00	131.71
2	—	755	127.50–132.50	129.98
11	—	527	135.00–150.00	142.01
17	—	570	127.00–145.00	140.67
1	—	260	122.50	122.50
2	—	383	140.00–147.00	143.48
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
5	—	721	118.00–135.00	129.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	90.00	90.00
1	—	782	122.50	122.50
3	—	535	117.00–130.00	121.57
1	—	800	115.00	115.00
2	—	558	108.00–115.00	111.45
5	—	722	120.00–122.50	121.00
3	—	481	85.00–122.50	109.67
1	—	655	116.00	116.00
1	—	425	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	116.00–124.00	120.00
4	—	433	112.00–130.00	125.72
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
18	—	682	113.00–125.50	121.41
2	—	335	125.00	125.00
11	—	582	114.00–124.00	119.96
27	—	529	112.00–126.00	124.25
15	—	713	111.00–118.00	115.87
28	—	623	114.00–132.00	123.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	618	120.00–128.00	120.72
18	—	536	114.00–129.00	123.76
2	—	840	118.00	118.00
3	—	776	115.00	115.00
1	—	290	110.00	110.00
9	—	577	115.00–125.00	122.82
3	—	691	118.00	118.00
4	—	381	119.00–120.00	119.51
6	—	463	110.00–130.00	119.08
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	784	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	95.00	95.00
1	—	485	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	105.00	105.00
4	—	676	102.00	102.00
1	—	500	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	107.50	107.50
3	—	767	100.00–104.00	101.34
1	—	738	105.00	105.00
3	—	423	113.00–122.50	116.66
1	—	854	102.00	102.00
8	—	561	104.00–111.00	107.65
2	—	468	107.50–115.00	111.27
5	—	380	115.00	115.00
5	—	630	90.00–108.00	101.59
5	—	333	94.00–127.00	115.39
4	—	829	90.00–103.00	99.71
3	—	660	102.00–115.00	108.32
9	—	519	94.00–127.50	111.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	602	109.00–117.00	114.32
3	—	430	95.00–135.00	119.59
2	—	313	120.00–130.00	124.96
1	—	590	127.50	127.50
11	—	477	93.00–131.00	119.40
7	—	673	95.00–120.00	109.16
4	—	518	113.00–128.00	121.37
3	—	720	104.00	104.00
9	—	362	120.00–153.00	142.60
2	—	790	89.00–106.00	97.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	617	129.00	129.00
1	—	526	130.00	130.00
1	—	578	114.00	114.00
3	—	762	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	80.00	80.00
1	—	756	109.00	109.00
1	—	605	97.00	97.00
1	—	458	120.00	120.00
1	—	330	117.50	117.50
1	—	358	117.50	117.50
1	—	680	84.00	84.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,063	975.00–1,050.00	1,007.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,110.00	1,110.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,098	735.00–800.00	765.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,585.00	1,585.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,202	1,200.00–1,370.00	1,282.17
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,222	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	804	385.00	385.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,262	1,185.00	1,185.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,012	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	942	700.00–885.00	774.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	560.00–775.00	678.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	978	510.00–600.00	554.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	783	785.00–850.00	815.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,325	550.00–1,125.00	844.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	913	460.00–500.00	483.89
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	885.00	885.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	685.00	685.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,140	1,525.00	1,525.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	955	17.50–35.00	27.73
13	—	1,160	61.00–70.00	64.20
8	—	1,086	40.00–55.00	48.79
39	—	1,290	44.00–72.00	59.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,023	25.00–49.50	42.79
19	—	1,113	31.00–63.00	54.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,219	65.00–72.00	68.22
3	—	1,705	56.00–58.00	57.22
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	62.00	62.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,636	67.00–99.00	87.79
5	—	1,644	78.00–89.50	84.51
1	—	1,320	78.00	78.00
3	—	1,575	90.00–99.00	94.10

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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