Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2019-11-23

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 23
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 114▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 44▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 0▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleThu Sep 18, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slightly lower run compared to last reported with fewer feeders and more slaughter cattle. Feeder steers sold steady to slightly higher, feeder heifers and slaughter cattle sold steady. Slaughter hogs: $53-$65; feeder pigs: $55; Select 2 billies: $65-$150.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.91/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$130.91
27 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$775
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.40
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1592130.9177527
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 sale27 hd
130.91
—
WV average4 barns · 58 hd
126.51
+4.40
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—Average1,45471.241,03610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26253.026696thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,83548.008811thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13142.8048433

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,060760.00/cwt760.00–760.008,0561
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,350775.00/cwt775.00–775.0010,4631
SteersMedium and Large 1—538135.00/cwt135.00–135.007263
SteersMedium and Large 1—475124.32/cwt117.50–131.005912
SteersMedium and Large 1—673130.00/cwt130.00–130.008756
HeifersMedium and Large 1—586109.00/cwt109.00–109.0063910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—495102.50/cwt102.50–102.505073
HeifersMedium and Large 1—267103.31/cwt100.00–105.002763
HeifersMedium and Large 1—42595.12/cwt90.00–100.004042
SteersMedium and Large 1—586131.31/cwt131.00–132.0076916
HeifersMedium and Large 1—547102.50/cwt102.50–102.505612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—310113.75/cwt112.50–115.003532
BullsMedium and Large 1—360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004322
BullsMedium and Large 1—318122.20/cwt110.00–135.003892
BullsMedium and Large 1—520100.00/cwt100.00–100.005201
BullsMedium and Large 1—495122.50/cwt122.50–122.506061
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16133.19/cwt20.00–39.003859
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12954.74/cwt53.50–57.006186
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,83548.00/cwt48.00–48.008811
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26253.02/cwt50.00–56.006696
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11743.63/cwt40.00–48.0048718
Bulls——1,39374.50/cwt68.00–83.001,0388
Bulls——1,70058.18/cwt55.00–62.009892

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.