West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 160 priced lines covering 1,184 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,081 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 336 head. replacement cattle receipts at 109 head. Counted as USDA files them — 17 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,081Last week 1,927Year ago 386

Slaughter CattleReceipts 336Last week 242Year ago 151

Replacement CattleReceipts 109Last week 76Year ago 62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	616	107.00–134.00	118.60
11	—	476	102.00–140.00	127.84
2	—	312	125.00–136.00	130.39
18	—	525	100.00–150.00	121.17
3	—	707	89.00–110.00	101.59
3	—	755	81.00–101.00	94.25
13	—	427	130.00–147.00	139.47
11	—	574	110.00–138.00	123.36
8	—	674	95.00–125.00	111.58
4	—	362	120.00–141.00	130.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	114.00–116.00	114.98
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
1	—	335	120.00	120.00
1	—	285	110.00	110.00
4	—	437	107.50–112.50	110.15
1	—	615	116.00	116.00
1	—	855	95.00	95.00
2	—	575	113.00–117.00	114.93
2	—	485	100.00–111.00	105.39
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	75.00	75.00
1	—	574	75.00	75.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	135.00–152.00	143.83
11	—	512	125.00–142.50	135.58
1	—	775	131.00	131.00
2	—	613	117.50–128.00	122.86
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
8	—	669	112.50–133.00	125.17
9	—	426	100.00–146.00	131.93
1	—	290	154.00	154.00
1	—	950	94.00	94.00
4	—	569	125.00–141.00	132.74
7	—	465	130.00–145.00	137.32
4	—	304	110.00–165.00	147.91
1	—	800	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	726	128.00–135.00	131.97
27	—	777	131.00–134.00	131.78
36	—	469	125.00–151.00	141.24
7	—	367	140.00–158.00	147.74
2	—	315	130.00–145.00	137.50
16	—	522	130.00–149.00	141.56
59	—	572	127.00–145.00	138.78
14	—	824	123.00–129.00	123.42
12	—	420	141.00–155.00	150.26
46	—	630	130.00–138.00	135.06
49	—	668	125.00–137.00	134.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	260	110.00–115.00	112.45
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
1	—	325	117.00	117.00
2	—	435	127.00–127.50	127.24
6	—	536	105.00–127.00	116.06
1	—	235	127.00	127.00
2	—	845	100.00	100.00
2	—	790	99.00–112.00	105.54
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
1	—	660	124.00	124.00
2	—	370	117.00–125.00	121.16
2	—	468	115.00–127.00	121.10
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	414	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	108.00–117.00	112.50
1	—	366	110.00	110.00
1	—	786	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	580	90.00–122.00	115.80
2	—	280	120.00–140.00	129.64
3	—	668	102.50–112.00	105.65
16	—	514	96.00–120.00	110.26
12	—	475	107.50–121.00	117.07
5	—	323	112.50–130.00	123.68
2	—	952	96.00	96.00
6	—	378	115.00–130.00	123.16
12	—	615	80.00–124.00	108.94
1	—	200	127.50	127.50
7	—	425	90.00–121.00	112.64
1	—	715	96.00	96.00
2	—	823	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	724	110.00–124.00	113.45
1	—	840	117.00	117.00
2	—	282	131.00	131.00
15	—	414	110.00–129.00	122.85
12	—	673	112.00–124.00	118.98
49	—	527	120.00–130.00	124.61
46	—	581	115.00–129.00	126.43
22	—	628	111.00–122.00	116.18
17	—	463	115.00–130.00	125.87
8	—	318	122.00–135.00	129.89
11	—	374	117.00–129.00	123.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	96.00	96.00
3	—	763	88.00–100.00	92.72
1	—	935	103.00	103.00
4	—	674	100.00–110.00	104.23
1	—	255	115.00	115.00
5	—	573	105.00–114.00	109.83
2	—	708	90.00–100.00	94.95
6	—	478	92.00–114.00	106.99
7	—	370	111.00–128.00	117.70
6	—	610	87.00–96.00	92.49
2	—	970	94.00	94.00
5	—	339	106.00–127.50	120.65
8	—	527	92.00–112.00	106.01
15	—	429	100.00–125.00	109.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	70.00–107.00	88.60
1	—	398	100.00	100.00
1	—	590	83.00	83.00
2	—	434	60.00–98.00	78.39
2	—	898	93.00	93.00
2	—	675	65.00–98.00	81.01
3	—	533	72.50–85.00	80.75

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,670	850.00–1,210.00	1,019.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,539	800.00–1,225.00	999.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,470	1,085.00	1,085.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,224	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	830.00	830.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,700	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,304	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,850	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,292	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,087	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,191	625.00–1,020.00	836.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,376	425.00–1,025.00	830.66
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,500	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,029	675.00–960.00	847.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,299	850.00–1,030.00	925.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,210	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,079	565.00–850.00	694.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,345	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,263	775.00–975.00	891.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,288	700.00–1,100.00	846.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,365	830.00–875.00	852.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,185	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,375	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	962	650.00–745.00	699.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,055	425.00–650.00	511.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,124	610.00–690.00	645.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	811	450.00	450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,184	525.00–680.00	625.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	525.00	525.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,200	925.00	925.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,227	700.00–850.00	780.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,990	1,775.00	1,775.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	34.00	34.00
70	—	1,339	29.00–58.50	48.66
3	—	1,291	51.00–55.00	53.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	28.00	28.00
63	—	1,141	20.00–64.00	42.87
19	—	1,087	15.00–38.50	30.32
4	—	1,049	49.50–52.00	50.38
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	50.00–58.00	54.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,486	42.00–60.00	50.11
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	82.00	82.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,513	62.00–78.00	70.95
2	—	1,900	70.00	70.00
13	—	1,571	51.00–83.50	67.08
9	—	1,836	70.00–87.00	75.88
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,313	95.00–99.00	96.71
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,397	100.00–106.00	103.54
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,466	102.00–108.00	104.85
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	105.50	105.50

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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