Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2020-05-16

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, May 16
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 49▲ 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 5▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleThu Sep 18, 2025
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.09/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$148.09
36 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$236
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.95
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477152.4772730
Medium and Large 2389126.214916thin
One grade step is worth $26.25/cwt here — about $236 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 sale36 hd
148.09
—
WV average5 barns · 189 hd
130.14
+17.95
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—Average1,63481.231,3276thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,49068.001,0131thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05452.265517thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12354.23/cwt51.00–57.006093
CowsLean 85-90%—98247.71/cwt46.00–49.004693
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06560.00/cwt60.00–60.006391
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,49068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,0131
SteersMedium and Large 1—275140.00/cwt140.00–140.003851
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—605167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,0132
SteersMedium and Large 1—519144.13/cwt135.00–155.007488
SteersMedium and Large 2—315125.76/cwt120.00–137.003963
SteersMedium and Large 1—463149.08/cwt142.00–157.506906
SteersMedium and Large 2—695125.00/cwt125.00–125.008691
SteersMedium and Large 1—389156.30/cwt140.00–160.006085
SteersMedium and Large 2—440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
SteersMedium and Large 1—445148.75/cwt147.50–150.006622
SteersMedium and Large 2—255120.00/cwt120.00–120.003061
SteersMedium and Large 1—575157.50/cwt157.50–157.509061
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—496163.00/cwt163.00–163.008085
HeifersMedium and Large 1—540127.50/cwt127.50–127.506891
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385110.00/cwt110.00–110.004241
HeifersMedium and Large 1—345115.00/cwt115.00–115.003971
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373122.88/cwt115.00–127.504587
HeifersMedium and Large 2—285112.41/cwt110.00–115.003203
HeifersMedium 2—710105.00/cwt105.00–105.007461
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463130.12/cwt120.00–137.506025
HeifersMedium and Large 2—342117.50/cwt117.50–117.504022
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005043
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575107.50/cwt107.50–107.506181
HeifersMedium and Large 1—612125.00/cwt125.00–125.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515110.00/cwt110.00–110.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582141.00/cwt141.00–141.008212
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
BullsMedium and Large 2—620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007131
Bulls——1,63481.23/cwt60.00–100.001,3276
BullsMedium and Large 2—545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006001
BullsMedium and Large 2—395117.50/cwt117.50–117.504641
BullsMedium and Large 1—635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008262
BullsMedium and Large 2—580120.00/cwt110.00–130.006962
BullsMedium and Large 1—760107.00/cwt107.00–107.008131
BullsMedium and Large 2—475125.00/cwt120.00–130.005942
BullsMedium and Large 1—480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006721
BullsMedium and Large 2—343127.55/cwt120.00–135.004372

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.