Sale reports / West Virginia / Parkersburg Livestock Market / 2019-05-16

Parkersburg Livestock Market

Name: Parkersburg Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Mineral Wells, West Virginia · Thu, May 16

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1883

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Feeder Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 51▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.88/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$121.88

8 head · 439 lb average

Value per head Derived

$535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.37

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	439	121.88	535	8thin

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 sale8 hd

121.88

—

WV average4 barns · 175 hd

117.51

+4.37

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,054	46.69	492	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	42.00	470	1thin

Every lot

12 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	403	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	360	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	430	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	550	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	446	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	553	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	495	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	530	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	276	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	380	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	405	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	539	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	545	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	698	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,054	46.69/cwt	45.00–49.00	492	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	470	1

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Parkersburg Livestock Market - Mineral Wells, WV

Thu May 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15Last week 51Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	446	124.00	124.00
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
1	—	495	107.00	107.00
1	—	300	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	276	137.50	137.50
1	—	545	128.00	128.00
1	—	405	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,054	45.00–49.00	46.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	42.00	42.00

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.