Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2020-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Corrected price unit on replacement cattle

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.92/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$148.92

25 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$35.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.70

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	153.20	794	22
Medium and Large 2	603	117.50	709	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.70/cwt here — about $86 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 sale25 hd

148.92

—

WV average4 barns · 757 hd

138.22

+10.70

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	1,598	71.95	1,150	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	53.00	684	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	44.17	485	6thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	129.84/cwt	125.00–135.00	617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	490	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	663	110.01/cwt	107.50–112.50	729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	118.80/cwt	115.00–122.50	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Bulls	—	—	1,598	71.95/cwt	63.00–80.00	1,150	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	679	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,550	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	13,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	143.72/cwt	137.50–150.00	780	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	118.42/cwt	110.00–127.00	323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	119.29/cwt	115.00–127.50	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	695	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	645	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	565	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	852	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,255	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	602	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	43.41/cwt	42.00–45.00	463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	326	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	450	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	545	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	564	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	891	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	443	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	744	6

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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