West Virginia Weekly Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

West Virginia reported 105 priced lines covering 1,070 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,254 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 254 head. replacement cattle receipts at 123 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,254Last week 1,836Year ago 902

Slaughter CattleReceipts 254Last week 314Year ago 209

Replacement CattleReceipts 123Last week 163Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	235.00–285.00	261.13
4	300–350	334	290.00–312.00	303.01
6	350–400	376	217.00–321.00	280.99
30	400–450	414	270.00–315.00	291.81
46	450–500	480	245.00–300.00	278.26
32	500–550	528	230.00–282.00	263.82
29	550–600	573	234.00–276.00	254.43
57	600–650	627	230.00–255.00	250.08
11	650–700	660	242.00–253.00	248.85
96	700–750	732	226.00–249.00	246.01
7	750–800	769	223.00–229.00	224.12
73	800–850	814	222.50–244.00	241.49
9	850–900	869	217.00–224.00	222.90
4	900–950	920	216.00–221.00	219.76
3	950–1000	980	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	590	226.00–227.00	226.50
2	650–700	685	220.00–232.50	226.16
1	800–850	840	215.00	215.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	407	245.00–260.00	253.28
1	650–700	680	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	497	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	239.00	239.00
3	300–350	313	239.00–270.00	252.40
3	350–400	377	220.00	220.00
3	400–450	440	212.00–243.00	222.22
3	450–500	455	220.00–280.00	247.45
10	500–550	523	212.50–267.00	238.34
6	550–600	578	210.00–235.00	219.43
15	600–650	618	226.00–256.00	242.64
7	650–700	666	217.50–239.00	232.10
6	700–750	716	222.50–245.00	233.83
1	750–800	785	215.00	215.00
2	800–850	810	216.00	216.00
1	850–900	855	170.00	170.00
3	900–950	948	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	651	259.00	259.00
10	700–750	731	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	186.00	186.00
1	500–550	510	200.00	200.00
3	550–600	570	210.00	210.00
1	600–650	625	205.00	205.00
1	700–750	740	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	200.00	200.00
3	350–400	378	175.00–217.50	189.04
11	400–450	415	200.00–265.00	243.21
14	450–500	489	200.00–249.00	230.89
11	500–550	528	211.00–239.00	232.94
7	550–600	569	190.00–230.00	216.70
15	600–650	623	200.00–235.00	226.48
7	650–700	666	190.00–224.00	213.90
6	700–750	745	204.00–211.00	208.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	250.00	250.00
1	250–300	285	275.00	275.00
6	300–350	328	255.00–290.00	278.92
8	350–400	382	249.00–286.00	272.08
32	400–450	416	246.00–284.00	261.32
32	450–500	480	225.00–268.00	249.81
23	500–550	527	224.00–265.00	247.27
8	550–600	572	216.00–236.00	226.33
21	600–650	621	207.00–231.00	222.63
18	650–700	677	219.00–226.00	222.41
14	700–750	721	210.00–226.00	218.90
4	800–850	841	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	300.00–320.00	313.53
3	350–400	370	272.00–325.00	291.64
3	400–450	442	280.00–288.00	282.69
8	450–500	465	252.00–281.00	267.12
1	550–600	580	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	242.50	242.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	114.00	114.00
79	—	1,421	121.00–168.00	146.67
1	—	1,295	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,470	134.00	134.00
46	—	1,239	110.00–140.00	125.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,143	55.00–115.00	104.95
33	—	996	62.00–130.00	96.29
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	137.00	137.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	152.00	152.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,453	181.00–190.00	184.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,367	177.00–185.00	179.67
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,328	166.50	166.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,342	179.00–188.00	184.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,255	175.00–185.00	181.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	120.00	120.00
23	—	1,567	136.00–194.00	155.56
10	—	1,756	108.00–166.00	151.25

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 (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,018	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,625.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,163	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,740.75
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	936	900.00–2,300.00	1,630.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	978	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,267.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	942	1,200.00–1,500.00	1,369.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,212	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,244.94
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,171	1,225.00–1,800.00	1,473.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	928	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,036.59

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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