Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2019-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-07

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.36/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$108.36

28 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$8.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.15

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	111.56	524	17thin
Medium and Large 2	449	103.41	465	11thin

One grade step is worth $8.15/cwt here — about $59 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 sale28 hd

108.36

—

WV average5 barns · 239 hd

108.21

+0.15

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	1,769	75.41	1,334	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	46.64	587	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,131	42.68	483	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,175	40.00	470	1thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	116.58/cwt	113.00–127.50	431	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	110.53/cwt	105.00–112.50	410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	307	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	113.20/cwt	109.00–114.00	554	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	614	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	43.76/cwt	41.00–46.00	510	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	39.02/cwt	36.00–40.00	396	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,175	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	470	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	47.15/cwt	45.00–52.00	595	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	496	1
Bulls	—	—	1,769	75.41/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,334	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	103.71/cwt	100.00–107.50	446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	121.24/cwt	120.00–122.50	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	392	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	553	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	476	1

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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