West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 127 priced lines covering 820 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 622 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 212 head. replacement cattle receipts at 35 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 622Last week 63Year ago 250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 212Last week 34Year ago 97

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 13Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	900	120.50	120.50
10	—	412	155.00–183.00	168.17
21	—	578	135.00–158.00	150.83
14	—	860	121.00	121.00
10	—	469	145.00–173.00	163.93
3	—	340	127.50–150.00	141.06
27	—	627	128.50–153.00	147.57
27	—	773	125.00–127.00	126.27
17	—	523	127.50–160.00	152.08
5	—	679	131.00–143.00	137.08
24	—	719	120.00–138.50	135.97
6	—	380	149.00–172.00	158.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	123.00	123.00
1	—	370	121.00	121.00
1	—	605	131.00	131.00
1	—	415	145.00	145.00
1	—	585	133.00	133.00
2	—	478	137.00–146.00	141.48
3	—	533	130.00	130.00
1	—	345	136.00	136.00
1	—	715	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	573	144.00–155.00	150.44
2	—	1,033	96.00–103.00	99.46
1	—	945	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	85.00–90.00	87.49
3	—	482	117.00–127.00	123.71
8	—	677	100.00–125.00	116.30
1	—	1,125	74.00	74.00
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
3	—	417	105.00–120.00	115.14
6	—	577	105.00–125.00	114.70
1	—	820	95.00	95.00
2	—	365	113.00–116.00	114.56
1	—	755	90.00	90.00
5	—	515	110.00–120.00	114.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	668	119.50–125.50	122.71
2	—	923	96.00–108.00	101.89
33	—	620	118.00–132.00	126.85
5	—	320	130.00–156.00	142.14
11	—	716	112.00–116.00	115.26
41	—	473	121.00–158.00	139.93
6	—	855	114.00	114.00
15	—	369	125.00–160.00	144.61
23	—	424	120.00–157.00	146.51
45	—	525	120.00–147.00	138.47
25	—	566	120.00–137.50	132.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	742	104.00–113.00	110.03
1	—	780	108.00	108.00
2	—	565	112.50–117.50	115.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	367	107.50–117.50	112.34
1	—	520	115.00	115.00
4	—	570	90.00–119.00	110.77
1	—	325	130.00	130.00
1	—	655	111.00	111.00
1	—	630	115.00	115.00
2	—	278	119.00–121.00	120.06
2	—	742	114.00	114.00
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
4	—	470	94.00–130.00	118.21
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	85.00	85.00
2	—	468	90.00	90.00
1	—	435	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	120.00	120.00
1	—	505	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	95.00	95.00
Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	150.00	150.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	828	89.00–111.00	99.11
2	—	663	124.00–130.00	126.94
7	—	526	129.00–146.00	140.93
1	—	390	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,230	85.00	85.00
12	—	421	131.00–175.00	154.88
1	—	1,030	85.00	85.00
11	—	479	110.00–155.00	143.23
4	—	868	67.00–100.00	91.82
2	—	725	104.00–119.00	111.50
7	—	611	125.00–142.00	132.53
2	—	268	142.50–150.00	146.00
9	—	576	117.00–142.00	129.13
6	—	336	132.00–172.00	153.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	100.00	100.00
2	—	568	110.00–120.00	115.07
1	—	430	122.50	122.50
1	—	500	126.00	126.00
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
2	—	817	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	85.00	85.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	86.00	86.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	75.00	75.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	78.00	78.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	71.00–85.00	78.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	928	93.00–98.00	95.55
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	856	70.00	70.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	843	800.00–950.00	887.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,370	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,160	575.00–985.00	756.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,230	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,237.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,013	800.00–1,150.00	1,002.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,330	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,402	850.00–1,275.00	1,099.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	860.00–1,875.00	1,365.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	820	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,795	65.00–100.00	80.65
15	—	1,751	69.00–92.00	81.24
1	—	1,435	59.00	59.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	20.00	20.00
42	—	1,126	43.00–70.00	55.19
18	—	941	20.00–47.00	36.46
1	—	1,075	71.00	71.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,302	47.00–95.00	64.96
12	—	1,391	66.00–77.50	71.73
5	—	1,215	48.00–59.50	53.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,606	77.00	77.00
16	—	1,389	65.00–79.00	72.32

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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