Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2019-11-09

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 9
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
83 vs last sale 198 115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
23 vs last sale 84 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
4 vs last sale 11 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last reported decreasing supply as Fall sales wind down. Demand remained steady for feeder steers and steady to slightly higher for heifers. Demand for slaughter cattle slightly higher by $2-4 per cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.44/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$128.44
35 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.72
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1442131.5058125
Medium and Large 2464120.7656110thin
One grade step is worth $10.74/cwt here — about $21 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 sale35 hd
128.44
WV average4 barns · 254 hd
131.15
−2.72
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
BullsAverage1,40360.868549thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23948.6660312
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36845.936284thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05439.3741516

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Source/Aged630113.00/cwt113.00–113.007123
CowsLean 85-90%1,11444.17/cwt41.00–48.004926
CowsLean 85-90%80830.00/cwt30.00–30.002422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36845.93/cwt45.00–48.006284
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20747.77/cwt44.00–53.005779
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36355.50/cwt55.00–56.007562
Bulls1,54762.76/cwt60.00–65.009715
HeifersMedium and Large 2365100.00/cwt100.00–100.003651
HeifersMedium and Large 1542109.52/cwt107.50–110.005945
HeifersMedium and Large 1368117.29/cwt110.00–127.504323
HeifersMedium and Large 1325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27543.00/cwt43.00–43.005481
CowsLean 85-90%1,07138.12/cwt30.00–41.004088
SteersMedium and Large 2413116.36/cwt110.00–122.504812
SteersMedium and Large 2315127.50/cwt120.00–135.004022
SteersMedium and Large 1572119.32/cwt119.00–120.006833
SteersMedium and Large 1487131.64/cwt130.00–135.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 2415105.09/cwt100.00–107.504363
HeifersMedium and Large 286591.00/cwt91.00–91.007872
SteersMedium and Large 2555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006944
SteersMedium and Large 2483109.95/cwt100.00–120.005312
BullsMedium and Large 1380127.50/cwt127.50–127.504851
BullsMedium and Large 1450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
BullsMedium and Large 1540110.00/cwt110.00–110.005941
BullsMedium and Large 1585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006442
Bulls1,58569.00/cwt69.00–69.001,0941
Bulls1,10254.99/cwt53.00–57.506063
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,340720.00/cwt720.00–720.009,6481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,358763.78/cwt725.00–790.0010,3722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,305775.00/cwt775.00–775.0010,1141
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,425910.00/cwt910.00–910.0012,9681
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,220625.00/cwt625.00–625.007,6251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2990600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,9401
SteersMedium and Large 1300143.75/cwt142.50–145.004314
SteersMedium and Large 1437129.49/cwt127.50–130.005665
SteersMedium and Large 1371139.04/cwt125.00–145.005167

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.