West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 264 priced lines covering 1,398 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,194 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 205 head. replacement cattle receipts at 74 head. Counted as USDA files them — 19 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,194Last week 1,239Year ago 1,303

Slaughter CattleReceipts 205Last week 197Year ago 245

Replacement CattleReceipts 74Last week 11Year ago 105

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	161.00	161.00
3	—	661	145.00	145.00
1	—	605	144.00	144.00
1	—	580	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	120.00–129.00	124.48
2	—	263	115.00–125.00	119.86
1	—	545	120.00	120.00
1	—	355	127.50	127.50
1	—	775	103.00	103.00
2	—	722	119.00	119.00
2	—	1,042	114.00	114.00
2	—	420	140.00–148.00	144.14
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
3	—	333	122.50–137.50	131.68
1	—	920	110.00	110.00
4	—	665	132.00	132.00
4	—	586	136.00–149.00	140.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	467	150.00–168.00	158.57
4	—	275	160.00–168.00	164.40
23	—	529	146.00–155.00	150.06
10	—	377	148.00–161.00	154.62
5	—	315	140.00–158.00	150.05
5	—	747	132.00	132.00
1	—	875	100.00	100.00
12	—	565	142.00–152.00	148.06
21	—	426	157.00–173.00	163.67
28	—	636	141.00–149.00	143.78
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	165.00	165.00
1	—	550	149.00	149.00
1	—	715	125.00	125.00
1	—	485	154.00	154.00
1	—	505	145.00	145.00
1	—	315	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	101.00	101.00
2	—	460	130.00	130.00
1	—	435	128.00	128.00
1	—	695	118.00	118.00
1	—	550	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	156.00	156.00
1	—	745	90.00	90.00
4	—	644	128.00	128.00
3	—	575	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	377	132.00–161.00	147.75
11	—	731	118.00–135.00	122.49
14	—	469	120.00–159.00	150.94
7	—	323	130.00–152.00	146.29
23	—	518	135.00–157.00	146.53
32	—	420	132.00–167.00	152.44
32	—	654	130.00–140.00	137.20
38	—	574	132.00–150.00	144.52
2	—	848	110.00	110.00
4	—	629	141.00–152.00	148.07
1	—	865	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	497	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	148.00–149.00	148.20
2	—	440	148.00	148.00
1	—	455	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	336	110.00	110.00
14	—	569	149.00–154.00	153.27
1	—	535	134.00	134.00
5	—	668	116.00–139.00	130.52
1	—	296	115.00	115.00
1	—	624	120.00	120.00
7	—	489	159.00	159.00
14	—	736	114.00–137.00	131.03
1	—	424	135.00	135.00
4	—	827	110.00–118.00	115.96
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	102.50	102.50
1	—	650	85.00	85.00
2	—	433	72.50–77.50	74.93
1	—	470	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	752	127.00	127.00
1	—	400	163.00	163.00
12	—	552	149.00	149.00
9	—	460	156.00	156.00
11	—	635	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	767	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	167.00	167.00
1	—	330	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	66.00	66.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	738	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	160.00	160.00
2	—	545	140.00	140.00
3	—	570	120.00	120.00
2	—	768	103.00	103.00
8	—	488	125.00–162.00	152.75
2	—	675	85.00–89.00	87.01
1	—	310	157.00	157.00
5	—	647	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	519	187.00–208.00	195.80
1	—	370	185.00	185.00
3	—	423	190.00–200.00	195.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	190.00	190.00
4	—	504	195.00	195.00
2	—	605	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	775	135.00–160.00	152.34
10	—	673	170.00–172.00	170.91
17	—	474	162.50–196.00	179.95
15	—	420	170.00–201.50	191.96
14	—	736	135.00–154.00	149.45
25	—	638	155.00–175.00	169.23
6	—	516	164.00–186.00	173.50
4	—	320	150.00–180.00	166.83
2	—	878	125.00–139.00	131.90
41	—	569	156.00–197.50	182.70
4	—	367	170.00–200.00	177.19
2	—	806	137.50	137.50
1	—	265	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	201.00	201.00
3	—	507	189.00	189.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	133.00	133.00
3	—	668	137.00	137.00
1	—	245	125.00	125.00
1	—	390	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	413	168.00–182.00	176.29
9	—	365	167.50–202.00	185.03
1	—	685	121.00	121.00
1	—	290	171.00	171.00
29	—	775	144.00–157.00	152.58
9	—	619	155.00–166.00	160.35
21	—	578	161.00–186.00	180.15
2	—	310	166.00–172.50	169.15
30	—	529	167.00–187.00	180.47
108	—	720	143.00–175.00	167.10
11	—	872	128.00–137.00	132.98
17	—	476	178.00–196.00	188.29
3	—	832	125.00	125.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	136.00–160.00	148.11
1	—	470	147.00	147.00
2	—	318	150.00–165.00	157.32
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	725	131.50	131.50
1	—	505	163.00	163.00
3	—	575	140.00	140.00
2	—	853	116.50	116.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	125.00–160.00	145.93
1	—	840	124.00	124.00
7	—	385	145.00–190.00	177.67
5	—	739	153.00	153.00
3	—	539	135.00–155.00	148.47
2	—	660	132.00–141.00	136.53
13	—	566	132.50–173.50	160.80
9	—	485	135.00–180.00	171.94
13	—	635	147.00–164.00	162.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	133.00	133.00
4	—	521	144.00–165.00	157.99
1	—	980	120.00	120.00
2	—	388	151.00–155.00	152.96
2	—	645	137.50–145.00	141.25
1	—	330	120.00	120.00
4	—	480	150.00–163.00	154.33
3	—	653	132.00–139.00	136.64
1	—	425	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	696	104.00	104.00
1	—	560	139.00	139.00
1	—	830	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	66.00	66.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	141.00	141.00
1	—	350	156.00	156.00
1	—	785	100.00	100.00
3	—	530	135.00–141.00	138.71
1	—	560	140.00	140.00
1	—	605	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	433	175.00–200.00	196.58
3	—	526	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	105.00	105.00
1	—	905	90.00	90.00
4	—	589	137.50–150.00	140.66
1	—	450	147.50	147.50
3	—	532	147.50	147.50
1	—	740	128.00	128.00
1	—	685	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	175.00	175.00
4	—	520	165.00–168.00	167.23
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	163.00	163.00
1	—	645	132.50	132.50
1	—	585	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	786	110.00–128.00	122.49
1	—	720	107.00	107.00
8	—	382	161.00–177.00	167.98
8	—	574	140.00–157.00	151.47
3	—	337	159.00–181.00	174.03
1	—	870	110.00	110.00
4	—	423	160.00–169.00	164.46
10	—	470	154.00–171.00	161.42
5	—	677	130.00–140.00	137.15
9	—	532	125.00–158.00	149.39
2	—	628	142.00–144.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	446	130.00	130.00
1	—	656	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	70.00	70.00
1	—	450	67.50	67.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
1	—	385	137.50	137.50

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,380	1,375.00	1,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,091	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	965	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,123	825.00–1,150.00	1,030.57
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,505	1,140.00	1,140.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,295	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,140	775.00–875.00	828.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,315	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,420	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	690.00	690.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,370	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,243	975.00–1,175.00	1,080.34
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,095	725.00–1,025.00	885.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	585.00	585.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	765	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	410.00	410.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	555	375.00	375.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	575	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	950	800.00–975.00	881.32
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,134	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	944	1,125.00–1,200.00	1,155.75
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,170	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,178	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,008	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	958	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,238	1,250.00–1,320.00	1,284.10
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,149	1,150.00–1,320.00	1,189.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,028	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	905	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	525	300.00	300.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	920.00	920.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,340	1,575.00	1,575.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	78.00	78.00
1	—	955	65.00	65.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,713	73.00–120.00	101.49
7	—	1,593	104.00–122.50	111.52
16	—	1,687	85.00–113.00	100.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,286	75.00–95.00	84.75
19	—	1,326	91.00–109.00	96.88
5	—	1,258	69.00–77.00	72.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,504	80.50–86.00	83.32
2	—	1,443	65.00–78.50	72.04
3	—	1,506	91.50–96.00	93.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	883	25.00–40.00	32.92
10	—	1,282	90.00–99.00	93.02
25	—	1,037	21.00–83.00	65.26
41	—	1,131	61.00–90.00	80.93
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	74.00–85.00	79.43
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	91.00	91.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	111.00	111.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	102.00–105.00	103.61

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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