West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 127 priced lines covering 495 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 393 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 121 head. replacement cattle receipts at 69 head. Counted as USDA files them — 13 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 393Last week 509Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 139Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 69Last week 54Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	125.00	125.00
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
1	—	300	123.00	123.00
2	—	623	112.50–113.00	112.75
1	—	855	107.50	107.50
4	—	408	125.00–135.00	132.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	748	72.00	72.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	120.00	120.00
1	—	740	101.00	101.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	141.00	141.00
1	—	685	135.00	135.00
1	—	725	135.00	135.00
1	—	775	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	782	123.00–130.00	127.63
12	—	568	124.00–147.00	141.48
33	—	663	132.00–145.00	141.71
5	—	625	140.00–142.00	141.00
8	—	477	140.00–147.00	142.10
1	—	285	145.00	145.00
8	—	519	140.00–150.00	146.15
3	—	417	143.00–144.00	143.68
6	—	718	124.00–135.00	129.98
1	—	340	142.50	142.50
1	—	365	146.00	146.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	537	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	125.00	125.00
7	—	921	124.00	124.00
3	—	627	125.00–143.00	134.17
1	—	255	140.00	140.00
1	—	430	146.00	146.00
1	—	585	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	534	118.00–129.00	126.29
2	—	673	85.00–112.50	98.80
4	—	422	115.00–123.00	117.20
3	—	607	96.00–117.00	104.32
1	—	710	106.00	106.00
4	—	560	77.00–128.00	115.13
6	—	381	76.00–124.00	112.48
4	—	466	115.00–125.00	119.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	123.00	123.00
1	—	380	114.00	114.00
1	—	500	80.00	80.00
2	—	575	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	113.00	113.00
1	—	780	110.00	110.00
1	—	670	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	122.00	122.00
7	—	611	115.00–124.00	118.58
11	—	423	111.00–130.00	123.42
11	—	522	100.00–124.00	116.17
2	—	725	108.00–117.50	112.88
17	—	480	115.00–128.00	123.94
1	—	260	128.00	128.00
5	—	367	117.00–126.00	122.34
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
24	—	569	101.00–129.00	121.15
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	66.00	66.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	546	118.00	118.00
1	—	664	115.00	115.00
2	—	357	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	110.00–111.00	110.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	117.00	117.00
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
2	—	880	110.00	110.00
2	—	575	110.00–115.00	112.55
1	—	605	109.00	109.00
1	—	325	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	115.00	115.00
2	—	330	111.00–118.00	114.66
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	748	51.00	51.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	112.00	112.00
1	—	600	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	140.00	140.00
1	—	805	106.00	106.00
2	—	553	128.00–133.00	130.51
1	—	202	132.50	132.50
1	—	315	150.00	150.00
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
3	—	663	110.00–115.00	113.29
3	—	363	127.50–143.00	133.74
4	—	516	126.00–130.00	128.00
5	—	427	120.00–151.00	135.88
8	—	472	99.00–139.00	122.39
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	117.00–124.00	120.60
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	64.00	64.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	102.50	102.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	114.00–119.00	116.55
1	—	540	120.00	120.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	885.00	885.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,460	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,395	935.00–975.00	954.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,145	625.00–800.00	728.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	625.00	625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,029	700.00–750.00	724.90
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,480	1,635.00	1,635.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,245	950.00–1,160.00	1,061.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,350	1,275.00–1,650.00	1,531.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,120	685.00–1,300.00	1,055.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,180	1,235.00	1,235.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,255	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	993	925.00–1,175.00	1,050.94
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	665	675.00	675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,250	66.00–72.00	68.65
31	—	1,111	44.00–72.50	58.58
4	—	1,076	45.00–50.00	47.29
2	—	763	10.00–13.50	11.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	72.00	72.00
1	—	1,280	50.50	50.50
58	—	1,271	49.00–79.00	65.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,548	52.50	52.50
14	—	1,483	51.00–74.00	61.69
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	90.00	90.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,700	85.00–96.50	91.24
1	—	2,055	112.50	112.50
38	—	1,601	51.00–104.50	90.06

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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