West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 140 priced lines covering 1,143 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,091 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 212 head. replacement cattle receipts at 44 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,091Last week 412Year ago 1,545

Slaughter CattleReceipts 212Last week 133Year ago 225

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 31Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	821	130.00–132.00	130.80
25	—	579	135.00–153.00	149.05
2	—	385	170.00	170.00
12	—	782	128.00–138.50	134.08
30	—	727	119.00–142.50	137.25
8	—	471	145.00–152.50	149.05
20	—	640	132.50–150.00	145.67
15	—	666	135.00–148.00	141.92
5	—	932	122.00	122.00
1	—	850	120.00	120.00
4	—	533	135.00–142.50	139.38
2	—	420	140.00–145.00	142.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	326	140.00–167.00	158.28
9	—	758	124.00–138.00	134.41
36	—	570	136.00–150.00	145.23
24	—	474	139.00–157.00	148.73
6	—	381	135.00–164.00	152.53
9	—	421	118.00–165.00	152.60
34	—	517	135.00–154.00	142.37
4	—	740	120.00–128.00	125.74
2	—	922	114.00	114.00
3	—	980	100.00	100.00
17	—	617	137.00–144.00	141.19
2	—	868	110.00–120.00	114.93
12	—	665	130.00–145.00	140.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	879	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	110.00–140.00	126.91
8	—	720	114.00–130.00	119.21
3	—	800	119.00	119.00
2	—	437	132.50–137.50	135.05
1	—	390	125.00	125.00
11	—	677	98.00–133.00	123.82
9	—	627	114.00–131.00	125.34
1	—	885	99.00	99.00
5	—	529	117.50–130.00	124.50
5	—	581	120.00–136.00	129.59
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	105.00	105.00
1	—	475	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	522	120.00–148.00	134.73
16	—	576	123.00–137.00	130.43
6	—	665	110.00–126.00	122.65
1	—	700	107.00	107.00
7	—	263	129.00–162.50	141.18
6	—	339	147.50–170.00	161.54
18	—	422	119.00–163.00	149.49
15	—	474	121.00–156.00	136.31
14	—	376	122.50–164.00	143.13
1	—	235	155.00	155.00
16	—	625	80.00–125.00	118.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	110.00	110.00
3	—	532	114.00–126.00	117.95
1	—	365	114.00	114.00
1	—	755	109.00	109.00
3	—	601	102.50	102.50
2	—	465	112.50–117.50	114.97
1	—	400	131.00	131.00
3	—	558	110.00–116.00	112.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	152.50	152.50
1	—	325	180.00	180.00
2	—	477	140.00	140.00
1	—	755	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	125.00–141.00	131.17
1	—	385	132.50	132.50
13	—	681	123.00–128.00	126.33
1	—	325	125.00	125.00
13	—	523	124.00–139.00	131.40
27	—	629	121.00–132.00	130.78
25	—	730	118.00–128.00	123.97
5	—	760	120.00	120.00
25	—	582	131.00–136.00	131.92
2	—	941	105.00	105.00
3	—	423	125.00–132.50	129.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	477	105.00–141.00	126.11
11	—	273	120.00–144.00	134.12
7	—	712	121.50	121.50
2	—	182	138.00	138.00
8	—	321	117.00–144.00	128.16
12	—	624	117.00–128.00	121.00
8	—	371	120.00–142.00	133.38
29	—	573	110.00–129.00	123.97
2	—	820	112.00	112.00
20	—	429	124.00–147.00	135.61
45	—	523	115.00–140.00	125.26
1	—	655	122.00	122.00
1	—	780	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	729	110.00–120.00	114.42
1	—	400	122.50	122.50
3	—	367	120.00–137.00	125.40
6	—	830	95.00–105.00	101.72
10	—	575	112.00–129.00	121.56
1	—	205	130.00	130.00
5	—	636	107.00–119.00	116.60
7	—	668	104.00–122.50	115.39
6	—	467	110.00–119.00	116.22
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	77.00	77.00
1	—	450	77.50	77.50
4	—	396	89.00	89.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	472	73.00	73.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	68.00	68.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	750.00–1,050.00	923.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,133	800.00–1,135.00	1,008.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	843	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	998	975.00–1,040.00	1,009.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	910.00	910.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,073	1,050.00–1,300.00	1,163.12
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	935.00	935.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,084	700.00–875.00	786.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,375.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,560	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	700.00–835.00	769.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,245	900.00–1,035.00	968.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	860.00	860.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	935.00	935.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,158	875.00–1,150.00	1,000.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,148	675.00–775.00	727.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,130	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,145	550.00–850.00	751.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	750.00	750.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,365	1,125.00	1,125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,548	63.00–107.00	83.28
1	—	795	45.00	45.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,324	56.00–64.00	59.59
1	—	1,650	63.00	63.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	957	22.00–52.00	40.92
2	—	1,260	60.00–63.50	61.76
64	—	1,103	36.00–83.00	54.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	54.50–55.00	54.77
3	—	1,377	65.00–69.00	66.38
56	—	1,265	46.00–67.00	59.17

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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