West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 95 priced lines covering 660 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 930 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 137 head. replacement cattle receipts at 31 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 930Last week 266Year ago 902

Slaughter CattleReceipts 137Last week 249Year ago 209

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 23Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	313.00	313.00
10	300–350	337	255.00–335.00	307.12
12	350–400	377	245.00–325.00	268.68
35	400–450	426	240.00–311.00	284.78
15	450–500	471	240.00–300.00	264.56
45	500–550	522	245.00–283.00	262.44
55	550–600	576	252.50–295.00	259.73
23	600–650	621	234.00–273.00	251.08
19	650–700	669	212.50–240.00	235.40
2	700–750	700	230.00	230.00
6	750–800	764	199.00–200.00	199.34
2	800–850	805	175.00	175.00
3	1050–1100	1,078	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	447	260.00	260.00
2	450–500	495	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	795	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	225.00–320.00	289.80
3	300–350	316	220.00–310.00	277.28
2	350–400	380	185.00–220.00	203.19
3	400–450	410	205.00–230.00	213.24
1	450–500	475	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	530	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	620	205.00	205.00
1	650–700	650	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	315.00	315.00
2	250–300	265	325.00–345.00	335.38
8	300–350	326	305.00–350.00	325.88
13	350–400	375	322.00–337.00	329.17
14	400–450	425	262.00–335.00	308.82
25	450–500	477	252.00–325.00	314.10
27	500–550	520	303.00–321.00	313.91
40	550–600	571	298.00–321.00	313.90
42	600–650	628	225.00–312.00	291.34
10	650–700	664	235.00–277.00	260.03
10	700–750	717	261.00–262.00	261.20
18	750–800	760	243.00–257.00	250.08
2	800–850	800	224.00	224.00
1	900–950	930	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	175.00	175.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	400	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	495	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	535	210.00–220.00	214.95
1	550–600	595	24.00	24.00
1	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	185.00	185.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	752	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	315.00–327.00	321.04
1	450–500	480	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	515	237.00	237.00
3	550–600	573	285.00–304.00	294.28
3	700–750	735	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	270.00–320.00	300.89
3	300–350	335	270.00–310.00	297.25
1	400–450	420	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	493	250.00–265.00	257.54
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	195.00	195.00
1	550–600	565	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	230.00	230.00
3	400–450	413	205.00–225.00	218.06
2	500–550	518	225.00–245.00	234.66
1	600–650	640	203.00	203.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,255	1,335.00	1,335.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,263	1,335.00–1,710.00	1,580.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,850.00	1,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,743	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,043.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,675.00	1,675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	820	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,335	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,540	2,100.00–2,375.00	2,253.84
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,300	1,650.00	1,650.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,165	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,200.00	1,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	883	120.00–155.00	135.57
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	122.00	122.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	118.00	118.00
18	—	1,338	105.00–148.00	131.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,236	90.00–140.00	115.78
7	—	1,401	116.00–125.00	119.08
2	—	1,333	90.50–96.00	93.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,110	78.00–117.00	105.13
1	—	1,130	42.50	42.50
2	—	1,340	116.00–125.00	120.77
4	—	1,106	85.00–93.00	89.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,875	133.00–138.00	135.89
7	—	1,736	144.00–160.00	152.58
12	—	1,520	105.00–142.00	128.73

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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