Sale reports / West Virginia / Parkersburg Livestock Market / 2019-04-25

Parkersburg Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Mineral Wells, West Virginia · Thu, Apr 25
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1883
← earliestApr 25May 2 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 0▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.53/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$131.53
18 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$701
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+14.30
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533131.5370118thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale18 hd
131.53
—
WV average3 barns · 54 hd
117.24
+14.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,43068.259762thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,20555.006631thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18346.855542thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15643.905088thin

Every lot

29 lots · USDA AMS · Parkersburg Livestock Market - Mineral Wells, WV
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1335130.00/cwt130.00–130.004361
Steers—Medium and Large 3360116.00/cwt116.00–116.004181
Steers—Medium and Large 1395155.00/cwt155.00–155.006121
Steers—Medium and Large 3430132.50/cwt132.50–132.505701
Steers—Medium and Large 1475161.43/cwt158.00–165.007674
Steers—Medium and Large 1580155.00/cwt155.00–155.008991
Steers—Medium and Large 1660145.00/cwt145.00–145.009571
Steers—Large 268563.00/cwt63.00–63.004321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1345126.00/cwt126.00–126.004351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440114.00/cwt114.00–114.005021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1491134.38/cwt130.00–137.006605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510129.00/cwt129.00–129.006581
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515107.00/cwt107.00–107.005511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580129.00/cwt129.00–129.007481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695115.00/cwt115.00–115.007991
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260115.00/cwt115.00–115.002991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375126.00/cwt126.00–126.004731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473145.42/cwt143.00–148.006885
Bulls—Medium and Large 1539123.68/cwt104.00–138.006674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553141.52/cwt137.00–146.007832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1633125.91/cwt120.00–132.007973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1695126.00/cwt126.00–126.008761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1735118.00/cwt118.00–118.008671
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,18066.50/cwt66.50–66.507851
Bulls——1,68070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1761
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13341.02/cwt37.00–44.004656
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18346.85/cwt46.00–47.505542
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20555.00/cwt55.00–55.006631
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22552.55/cwt52.00–53.006442

This sale against other markets

West Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every West Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.