Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2019-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.56/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$121.56

16 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

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

$9.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.64

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	125.00	688	10thin
Medium and Large 2	318	115.84	368	6thin

One grade step is worth $9.16/cwt here — about $321 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 sale16 hd

121.56

—

WV average4 barns · 105 hd

118.93

+2.64

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	1,286	68.78	885	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	65.00	816	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,321	64.52	852	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,042	56.84	592	8thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	1,100	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,075	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	175	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	282	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	185	117.51/cwt	117.51–117.51	217	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	584	1
Bulls	—	—	1,286	68.78/cwt	58.00–85.00	885	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	869	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	789	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	66.48/cwt	65.00–68.00	917	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,282	63.21/cwt	62.00–64.00	810	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	63.50/cwt	63.00–64.00	689	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	54.62/cwt	52.00–57.00	561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	131.20/cwt	127.50–135.00	1,017	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	1,114.62/cwt	1,025.00–1,225.00	14,769	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	17,920	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	11,856	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,375	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	13,406	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	13,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	133.72/cwt	125.00–142.50	920	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,373	1,040.98/cwt	1,000.00–1,075.00	14,293	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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