West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 222 priced lines covering 2,898 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,786 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 243 head. replacement cattle receipts at 97 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,786Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 243Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 97Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	135.00	135.00
1	—	320	112.00	112.00
2	—	623	100.00–110.00	104.94
1	—	790	74.00	74.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	467	120.00–164.50	156.81
2	—	135	135.00	135.00
3	—	772	115.00–120.00	117.67
13	—	622	120.00–147.00	134.02
1	—	1,095	95.00	95.00
21	—	420	93.00–155.00	134.54
7	—	570	125.00–145.00	139.07
2	—	280	142.50–180.00	161.92
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
89	—	389	117.50–170.00	166.29
1	—	815	108.00	108.00
6	—	668	120.00–143.00	132.43
29	—	519	100.00–150.00	139.10
41	—	326	115.00–178.50	171.70
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
1	—	560	150.00	150.00
1	—	300	128.00	128.00
1	—	815	130.00	130.00
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
1	—	615	123.00	123.00
1	—	760	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	86.00	86.00
1	—	695	99.00	99.00
1	—	620	97.00	97.00
1	—	560	71.00	71.00
3	—	498	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	661	150.00	150.00
3	—	545	165.00	165.00
1	—	295	155.00	155.00
1	—	725	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	727	142.00–154.25	152.08
2	—	930	82.50	82.50
25	—	685	145.00–160.00	154.26
40	—	374	120.00–172.50	158.75
6	—	273	150.00–185.00	165.30
2	—	210	175.00–185.00	180.12
22	—	628	145.00–171.00	161.31
11	—	771	120.00–155.00	138.83
10	—	333	130.00–170.00	157.04
50	—	424	140.00–175.00	155.77
36	—	566	107.50–168.00	152.09
36	—	526	130.00–170.00	157.83
39	—	463	142.50–161.00	157.45
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	615	140.00	140.00
84	—	529	107.00–158.50	156.27
2	—	326	177.50	177.50
2	—	296	132.50	132.50
153	—	461	123.00–166.00	163.23
51	—	396	119.00–166.00	160.73
8	—	584	140.00–146.00	142.72
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	327	187.00	187.00
2	—	694	111.00	111.00
8	—	386	138.00	138.00
67	—	533	105.00–153.00	151.31
2	—	290	165.00	165.00
34	—	609	143.00	143.00
37	—	461	117.50–160.00	158.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	162.50	162.50
1	—	1,135	87.00	87.00
2	—	420	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	140.00	140.00
2	—	752	125.00	125.00
1	—	345	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	672	110.00–139.00	123.66
17	—	330	130.00–213.00	181.74
3	—	232	140.00–182.50	166.15
4	—	710	115.00–122.00	116.77
5	—	269	180.00–202.50	194.96
2	—	993	80.00–86.00	82.99
41	—	466	120.00–188.00	169.45
2	—	880	85.00–118.00	101.59
29	—	522	130.00–179.00	159.52
18	—	628	110.00–158.00	135.13
1	—	1,000	80.00	80.00
2	—	788	107.50–120.00	113.81
32	—	424	120.00–201.00	165.34
2	—	815	1.00–92.50	45.91
38	—	570	122.00–174.00	148.89
16	—	378	122.50–210.00	174.45
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	150.00–166.00	157.70
1	—	650	121.00	121.00
2	—	273	177.50–178.00	177.73
1	—	570	151.00	151.00
2	—	388	171.00–201.00	185.71
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	461	123.00–193.00	181.09
16	—	528	130.00–170.00	161.16
3	—	558	130.00–160.00	144.04
7	—	776	127.00–160.00	147.63
12	—	663	130.00–160.00	147.62
1	—	1,085	103.00	103.00
7	—	417	140.00–200.00	166.31
4	—	723	130.00–155.00	143.56
21	—	605	120.00–185.00	162.45
2	—	888	135.00–155.00	145.03
60	—	388	133.00–217.00	212.72
1	—	830	160.00	160.00
14	—	331	117.50–205.00	196.40
1	—	1,000	135.00	135.00
1	—	905	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	525	170.00–184.00	182.50
3	—	775	160.00	160.00
6	—	718	153.00–180.00	168.14
1	—	340	189.00	189.00
13	—	829	148.00–166.00	159.19
7	—	382	172.50–204.00	192.01
4	—	890	149.50–155.00	150.88
3	—	908	148.00	148.00
2	—	635	160.00–167.50	163.78
2	—	413	185.00–197.50	191.36
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	91.00	91.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	150.00	150.00
1	—	470	155.00	155.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	370	180.00–197.50	188.87
8	—	766	140.00–170.50	160.06
1	—	895	125.00	125.00
22	—	673	150.00–175.00	165.15
40	—	465	175.00–212.50	188.66
7	—	739	141.00–165.00	156.17
2	—	263	182.50–202.50	192.21
6	—	831	140.00–155.00	150.81
17	—	629	165.00–177.50	168.36
11	—	330	183.00–201.00	198.60
22	—	424	167.00–201.00	180.81
19	—	559	165.00–180.00	176.06
26	—	521	169.00–200.00	179.01
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	175.00	175.00
1	—	415	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	712	130.00	130.00
8	—	583	160.00–170.00	163.92
16	—	672	155.00–170.00	166.26
168	—	527	150.00–185.00	183.12
16	—	342	155.00–200.00	193.28
6	—	396	215.00	215.00
66	—	412	150.00–215.00	203.23
152	—	466	167.00–214.00	202.82
68	—	608	169.50	169.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	472	160.00–187.50	186.12
34	—	678	160.00–168.00	167.53
4	—	309	197.00	197.00
7	—	566	170.00–174.00	171.72
52	—	608	162.00–180.50	179.79
7	—	388	120.00–195.00	175.26
114	—	542	165.00–185.00	181.81
14	—	403	215.00	215.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	135.00	135.00
2	—	480	120.00–140.00	129.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	343	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	112.50	112.50
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	760	155.00	155.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	107.50	107.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,215	83.00–92.00	88.03
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,345	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	950	700.00–1,500.00	1,089.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,150	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,315	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,365	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	850	725.00–1,000.00	837.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,365	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,160	775.00–1,000.00	890.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,087	800.00–1,125.00	994.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,146	825.00–1,385.00	1,097.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	905	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	825	500.00	500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	968	885.00–985.00	940.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	780.00	780.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,510	1,160.00	1,160.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,273	850.00–985.00	915.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,001	570.00–1,000.00	745.09
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	690	425.00	425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	425.00	425.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	943	700.00–1,100.00	976.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	995.00	995.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	859	10.00–50.00	33.08
9	—	1,088	38.00–65.00	55.25
23	—	1,119	60.00–83.00	70.06
11	—	1,115	71.00–79.00	74.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,045	57.00–78.00	70.96
8	—	981	30.00–67.00	53.00
61	—	1,220	64.00–85.00	78.14
34	—	1,456	77.00–94.00	86.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,533	86.00–90.00	87.58
14	—	1,615	79.00–90.00	83.04
1	—	1,780	79.00	79.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	87.00	87.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	951	78.00–103.00	86.05
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	82.00–84.00	83.16
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	72.00	72.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,462	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,418	145.00–148.00	146.45
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,217	143.00	143.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,546	148.00–160.00	153.55
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,362	145.00–151.50	148.62
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,246	81.00–102.00	91.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,648	112.00	112.00
7	—	1,690	93.00–106.00	99.65
8	—	1,867	107.00–125.50	113.88
5	—	1,724	89.00–113.00	101.98
1	—	2,050	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,295	91.00	91.00
3	—	1,210	81.00–86.00	83.72
3	—	1,937	86.00–110.00	99.83
2	—	1,513	88.00–96.00	92.05

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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