Sale reports / West Virginia / Parkersburg Livestock Market / 2019-05-09

Parkersburg Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mineral Wells, West Virginia · Thu, May 9
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1883
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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.31/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$131.31
8 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.91
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1405142.385774thin
Medium and Large 2559120.256724thin
One grade step is worth $22.13/cwt here — about −$95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
131.31
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WV average5 barns · 136 hd
117.40
+13.91
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—Average1,49790.231,3513thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36853.657343thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19945.895509thin

Every lot

16 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270129.00/cwt129.00–129.003481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360127.00/cwt127.00–127.004571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425121.00/cwt121.00–121.005141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1493128.50/cwt128.00–129.006342
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305145.00/cwt145.00–145.004421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418143.25/cwt142.50–144.005992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465123.00/cwt123.00–123.005721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480138.00/cwt138.00–138.006621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640113.00/cwt113.00–113.007231
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,49790.23/cwt83.00–100.001,3513
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15647.99/cwt42.00–52.005557
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34838.52/cwt36.00–40.005192
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36853.65/cwt51.50–55.007343
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,09056.00/cwt56.00–56.006101

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.