West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 118 priced lines covering 784 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 865 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 185 head. replacement cattle receipts at 131 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 865Last week 960Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 185Last week 211Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 131Last week 33Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	855	115.00–122.00	119.68
1	—	300	152.00	152.00
20	—	767	118.00–130.00	127.60
27	—	669	118.00–136.00	132.06
30	—	628	121.00–134.00	129.33
29	—	560	125.00–151.00	143.46
12	—	823	123.00–130.00	124.07
14	—	525	130.00–157.00	147.32
4	—	424	141.00–155.00	148.66
5	—	707	115.00–128.00	121.07
3	—	906	119.00	119.00
2	—	365	152.00–168.00	160.22
4	—	1,313	88.00	88.00
6	—	479	138.00–152.00	146.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	110.00–142.50	126.80
1	—	935	103.00	103.00
3	—	424	111.00–132.50	123.54
1	—	675	115.00	115.00
1	—	594	121.00	121.00
4	—	325	100.00–135.00	125.06
1	—	700	137.50	137.50
2	—	605	112.50–135.00	123.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	130.00–145.00	137.23
3	—	633	95.00–109.00	102.97
3	—	403	110.00–126.00	120.71
4	—	314	106.00–145.00	128.02
2	—	590	100.00–110.00	104.96
1	—	370	147.00	147.00
1	—	730	105.00	105.00
3	—	508	100.00–115.00	107.36
1	—	655	125.00	125.00
1	—	495	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	482	85.00	85.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	107.50–170.00	133.76
10	—	465	117.00–143.00	131.16
3	—	758	100.00–111.00	107.25
1	—	800	80.00	80.00
2	—	868	75.00–80.00	77.48
11	—	576	110.00–135.00	124.19
15	—	663	107.00–129.00	120.15
6	—	620	90.00–129.00	113.92
6	—	734	90.00–109.00	105.31
6	—	324	127.50–155.00	139.23
20	—	525	112.50–140.00	130.70
15	—	427	85.00–158.00	133.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	714	115.00–117.00	115.65
10	—	769	103.00–119.00	115.49
19	—	623	105.00–120.00	111.50
13	—	376	116.00–129.00	121.05
2	—	818	90.00–105.00	97.34
16	—	674	104.00–116.00	112.70
42	—	462	110.00–134.00	124.24
47	—	565	102.00–121.00	113.67
28	—	519	105.00–122.00	115.00
25	—	426	110.00–135.00	122.89
10	—	335	112.00–128.00	123.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	100.00–125.00	112.38
1	—	945	97.50	97.50
1	—	780	105.00	105.00
1	—	396	107.50	107.50
1	—	800	105.00	105.00
1	—	492	112.50	112.50
1	—	680	112.50	112.50
4	—	320	100.00–137.50	121.41
1	—	700	80.00	80.00
5	—	604	90.00–116.00	110.83
2	—	588	107.50–115.00	111.26
3	—	408	107.50–140.00	128.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	98.00–100.00	99.00
2	—	378	114.00–116.00	115.01
4	—	488	105.00–110.00	107.22
4	—	411	99.00–112.00	105.95
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
3	—	618	92.00–100.00	95.73
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
7	—	320	115.00–130.00	125.91
2	—	542	105.00	105.00
3	—	663	92.00–100.00	97.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	378	85.00	85.00
1	—	754	75.00	75.00
2	—	430	103.00	103.00
2	—	555	96.00	96.00

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,325	810.00–1,100.00	946.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	968	700.00–1,000.00	869.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,345	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,280	775.00–1,000.00	893.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	840.00	840.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,130	685.00	685.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	810	400.00	400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,273	525.00–750.00	683.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,029	730.00–1,000.00	852.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,328	550.00–600.00	576.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,138	600.00–950.00	808.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,059	650.00–1,125.00	885.80
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	450.00	450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,239	400.00–1,025.00	684.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,030	500.00–950.00	692.01
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,252	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,190	450.00–735.00	589.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,123	475.00–685.00	624.86
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,189	675.00–975.00	901.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	928	725.00–875.00	804.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,299	780.00–975.00	875.17
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,570	730.00	730.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,243	675.00–700.00	686.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	875.00	875.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,152	20.00–49.00	42.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,406	47.00–57.00	52.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	45.00–53.00	48.94
27	—	1,312	33.00–52.00	47.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,500	65.00–73.00	69.45
14	—	1,720	60.00–80.00	70.78

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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