West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 106 priced lines covering 390 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 266 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 249 head. replacement cattle receipts at 23 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 11, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 266Last week 1,598Year ago 902

Slaughter CattleReceipts 249Last week 242Year ago 209

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 78Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	532	151.00–205.00	182.76
1	—	790	132.00	132.00
3	—	473	170.00–197.00	188.44
7	—	572	167.00–192.00	187.79
3	—	322	215.00–237.50	224.30
4	—	281	210.00–220.00	217.47
5	—	634	148.00–200.00	177.02
2	—	395	205.00	205.00
5	—	434	190.00–213.00	204.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	165.00–170.00	167.48
1	—	325	185.00	185.00
2	—	463	162.50–171.00	166.86
1	—	390	180.00	180.00
1	—	420	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	190.00	190.00
2	—	640	137.50–143.00	140.27
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	164.00	164.00
1	—	675	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	150.00	150.00
1	—	645	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	758	190.00	190.00
4	—	502	200.00	200.00
2	—	613	180.00–190.00	185.10
1	—	725	170.00	170.00
1	—	345	192.00	192.00
13	—	581	180.00–200.00	195.56
7	—	483	190.00–205.00	197.23
7	—	376	200.00–208.00	202.22
14	—	670	150.00–200.00	185.33
6	—	428	191.00–203.00	198.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	466	160.00–170.00	163.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	180.00	180.00
4	—	364	150.00–187.50	169.03
4	—	319	167.50–177.50	174.42
2	—	465	177.00	177.00
2	—	423	140.00–171.00	156.14
1	—	745	141.00	141.00
1	—	515	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	92.50	92.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	551	177.00	177.00
10	—	425	178.00–192.50	188.02
1	—	255	245.00	245.00
6	—	342	177.00–185.00	182.31
7	—	371	182.00–195.00	187.04
5	—	526	167.00–182.00	175.46
5	—	464	174.00–176.00	175.60
1	—	610	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	630	170.00–225.00	210.60
7	—	531	200.00–245.00	233.51
4	—	305	185.00–231.00	211.55
9	—	565	231.00–234.00	232.99
5	—	817	180.00–205.00	195.08
4	—	382	215.00–219.00	217.46
2	—	768	195.00–210.00	202.43
8	—	688	202.00–225.00	222.20
1	—	705	187.00	187.00
7	—	478	230.00–231.00	230.57
1	—	940	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	180.00	180.00
1	—	400	175.00	175.00
1	—	590	150.00	150.00
2	—	505	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	204.00–205.00	204.49
1	—	600	220.00	220.00
5	—	442	201.00–228.00	221.05
1	—	670	217.00	217.00
1	—	555	222.00	222.00
6	—	321	215.00–242.00	220.69
1	—	355	225.00	225.00
1	—	270	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	202.50	202.50
1	—	360	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	190.00	190.00

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,262	1,450.00–1,475.00	1,462.38
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,174	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,380	1,060.00	1,060.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,040	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,071.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,018	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,047.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,439	975.00–1,275.00	1,142.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,568	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,366.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,210	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	660.00	660.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,058	900.00–925.00	913.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,840	91.00–108.00	99.71
1	—	1,880	119.50	119.50
7	—	1,685	85.00–115.00	106.95
1	—	1,905	113.00	113.00
1	—	1,955	86.00	86.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,291	63.00–94.50	77.85
12	—	1,460	77.00–100.00	85.03
3	—	1,310	63.00–68.00	64.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	30.00	30.00
1	—	1,090	91.00	91.00
25	—	1,116	51.00–76.00	64.23
1	—	645	48.00	48.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,424	76.00–102.00	89.82
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	115.00	115.00

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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