Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2020-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-15

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.00/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$125.00

6 head · 406 lb average

Value per head Derived

$508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$49

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.18

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	370	130.00	481	3thin
Medium and Large 2	442	120.00	530	3thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale6 hd

125.00

—

WV average3 barns · 125 hd

115.82

+9.18

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	1,763	84.48	1,489	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	72.03	911	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,156	69.71	806	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,150	46.00	529	1thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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 2	—	363	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	481	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	747	1
Bulls	—	—	1,763	84.48/cwt	74.00–98.00	1,489	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	677	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	849	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	79.85/cwt	75.00–85.00	985	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,150	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	529	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	65.98/cwt	58.00–69.00	759	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	76.04/cwt	75.00–78.00	924	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	72.88/cwt	58.00–83.00	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	546	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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