West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 128 priced lines covering 1,129 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,479 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 269 head. replacement cattle receipts at 80 head. Counted as USDA files them — 10 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,479Last week 0Year ago 989

Slaughter CattleReceipts 269Last week 0Year ago 201

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 0Year ago 104

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	427	216.00–220.00	218.46
4	—	536	206.00–215.00	208.29
1	—	880	190.00	190.00
1	—	485	220.00	220.00
1	—	1,105	143.00	143.00
1	—	820	181.00	181.00
3	—	385	220.00–225.00	221.60
3	—	342	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
1	—	560	170.00	170.00
1	—	480	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	434	210.00–235.00	226.09
2	—	960	142.50–167.00	154.81
9	—	327	204.00–240.00	226.35
30	—	635	190.00–236.00	222.53
89	—	533	200.00–243.00	222.25
51	—	730	185.00–230.00	223.02
28	—	569	200.00–233.00	215.92
11	—	755	200.00–222.00	216.19
1	—	295	170.00	170.00
9	—	822	167.00–207.00	182.75
28	—	674	190.00–231.00	221.15
5	—	869	142.50–218.00	202.80
16	—	373	200.00–250.00	229.74
50	—	473	200.00–243.00	221.14
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	210.00	210.00
2	—	433	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	202.50	202.50
3	—	525	200.00	200.00
1	—	425	190.00	190.00
1	—	310	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	210.00–212.00	211.03
1	—	620	170.00	170.00
9	—	514	149.00–217.00	205.34
1	—	570	214.00	214.00
1	—	680	155.00	155.00
6	—	364	212.00–225.00	216.72
2	—	430	215.00–217.00	216.02
3	—	300	212.00–225.00	220.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	525	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	219.00	219.00
2	—	430	215.00–219.00	217.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	195.00	195.00
1	—	336	210.00	210.00
1	—	650	198.00	198.00
3	—	433	210.00–217.00	214.68
1	—	255	190.00	190.00
2	—	577	205.00	205.00
1	—	390	225.00	225.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	130.00	130.00
1	—	905	165.00	165.00
2	—	803	180.00–195.00	187.52
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	230.00–240.00	232.45
3	—	570	222.50–237.50	228.26
1	—	1,025	155.00	155.00
1	—	665	219.00	219.00
2	—	348	244.00	244.00
5	—	420	223.00–245.00	227.61
1	—	505	240.00	240.00
1	—	285	225.00	225.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	222.00	222.00
36	—	626	217.00–276.00	251.86
8	—	775	240.00–247.00	242.26
3	—	926	178.00	178.00
25	—	426	222.00–282.00	259.47
18	—	661	225.00–250.00	242.47
2	—	278	251.00–260.00	255.78
20	—	378	237.00–282.00	265.50
53	—	568	222.00–277.00	249.84
9	—	334	215.00–300.00	248.69
5	—	731	226.00–240.00	235.56
66	—	526	200.00–273.00	254.01
3	—	1,063	162.00–168.00	164.64
61	—	472	230.00–279.00	262.99
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	195.00	195.00
3	—	288	201.00	201.00
1	—	625	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	468	207.00–260.00	230.11
7	—	421	250.00–267.00	261.86
5	—	616	160.00–192.00	176.85
2	—	310	200.00–235.00	217.22
4	—	669	156.00–200.00	177.76
13	—	527	182.00–250.00	214.25
3	—	720	165.00–180.00	171.62
13	—	563	159.00–220.00	204.70
1	—	780	158.00	158.00
7	—	380	200.00–250.00	224.88
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	216.00	216.00
1	—	655	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	260.00	260.00
1	—	360	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	130.00–227.50	205.50
1	—	360	185.00	185.00
3	—	437	219.00	219.00
2	—	578	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	200.00	200.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,185	1,500.00–1,900.00	1,731.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,088	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,102.87
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,333	1,525.00–1,575.00	1,554.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,597.41
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	1,540.00	1,540.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	919	900.00–1,475.00	1,184.31
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	998	600.00–1,200.00	902.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	931	900.00–1,300.00	1,135.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	925	500.00–985.00	763.47
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,062	700.00–1,275.00	1,078.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,061	750.00–1,200.00	974.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	935	850.00–1,600.00	1,163.64
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,340	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,018	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,111.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	141.00	141.00
17	—	1,707	86.00–144.00	125.12
36	—	1,659	91.00–148.00	133.69
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	125.00	125.00
6	—	783	90.00–122.00	107.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,338	96.00–146.00	115.22
2	—	1,486	107.00–110.00	108.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,007	30.00–96.00	81.94
41	—	1,078	55.00–109.00	87.82
3	—	797	73.00–79.00	75.77
6	—	1,173	105.00–119.00	111.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,345	101.00–106.00	103.56
10	—	1,401	109.00–121.00	116.09
48	—	1,227	72.00–130.00	100.87

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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