Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2019-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-25

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.64/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$128.64

19 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$403

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$14.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.77

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	498	129.39	644	18thin
Medium and Large 2	210	115.00	242	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.39/cwt here — about $403 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 sale19 hd

128.64

—

WV average4 barns · 48 hd

118.87

+9.77

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,908	79.64	1,520	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,179	63.77	751	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	47.63	511	3thin

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · Weston Livestock Marketing - Weston, WV

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,062	865.00/cwt	865.00–865.00	9,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	142.42/cwt	135.00–145.00	669	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	981	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	210	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	477	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	975	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	707	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,610	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	129.48/cwt	125.00–132.50	734	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	129.30/cwt	127.50–135.00	674	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	129.39/cwt	127.50–130.00	470	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	378	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	67.18/cwt	64.00–70.00	804	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	50.45/cwt	49.00–52.00	598	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	357	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	60.35/cwt	60.00–61.00	700	3
Bulls	—	—	1,908	79.64/cwt	76.00–85.00	1,520	2

How this sale compares

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.

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