West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 88 priced lines covering 685 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 668 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 192 head. replacement cattle receipts at 118 head. Counted as USDA files them — 23 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 668Last week 716Year ago 902

Slaughter CattleReceipts 192Last week 280Year ago 209

Replacement CattleReceipts 118Last week 37Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	180.00–183.00	181.48
3	—	433	150.00–185.00	171.91
1	—	245	180.00	180.00
1	—	345	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	274	205.00–210.00	207.61
13	—	373	150.00–204.00	173.34
18	—	563	162.00–211.00	195.26
23	—	622	180.00–211.00	197.06
57	—	519	175.00–219.00	206.68
27	—	470	150.00–206.00	194.68
4	—	873	150.00–165.00	161.35
10	—	658	170.00–200.00	188.34
2	—	238	185.00–195.00	189.84
10	—	329	140.00–200.00	185.53
3	—	735	160.00–170.00	163.38
4	—	776	175.00–185.00	179.86
30	—	420	150.00–380.00	195.59
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	130.00	130.00
1	—	635	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	130.00	130.00
1	—	835	112.00	112.00
1	—	485	130.00	130.00
1	—	700	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	351	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	475	200.00–231.00	221.53
13	—	569	171.00–236.00	217.16
3	—	860	180.00	180.00
3	—	750	215.00	215.00
4	—	276	191.00–240.00	213.67
2	—	368	200.00–207.00	203.67
1	—	825	163.00	163.00
33	—	528	204.00–230.00	221.85
13	—	722	190.00–215.00	199.28
21	—	621	185.00–230.00	210.72
12	—	326	220.00–250.00	237.11
36	—	658	180.00–220.00	216.60
1	—	435	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	368	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	737	140.00–167.00	152.37
6	—	582	142.00–191.00	165.92
20	—	528	153.00–202.00	183.14
7	—	655	150.00–180.00	174.96
3	—	602	160.00–182.00	171.36
10	—	378	185.00–237.00	206.26
4	—	482	152.00–210.00	170.37
13	—	437	150.00–232.00	191.34
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	87.50	87.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,121	58.00–90.50	77.31
4	—	1,144	94.00–117.50	100.33
1	—	965	50.00	50.00
3	—	992	62.00–75.00	69.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	74.00	74.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,358	79.00–109.00	94.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,239	73.00–97.00	83.19
8	—	1,478	90.00–107.50	99.48
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,058	95.00–105.00	98.52
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	110.00	110.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	132.00	132.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,693	117.00–119.00	118.24
1	—	2,025	128.00	128.00
1	—	1,705	99.00	99.00
10	—	1,691	95.00–126.00	114.79

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,580	1,875.00	1,875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,168	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,122.05
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,123	725.00–1,025.00	918.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,460	1,880.00	1,880.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,220	875.00–1,100.00	986.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,445	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,228	1,050.00–1,675.00	1,402.60
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,044	500.00–1,330.00	1,031.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,342	885.00–1,575.00	1,221.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,435	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,310	875.00–1,135.00	1,027.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,556	1,200.00–1,475.00	1,352.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	875	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,215	585.00–1,350.00	982.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,375	1,190.00	1,190.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,175.00	1,175.00

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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