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
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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
BullsAverage1,63481.231,3276thin
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 1275140.00/cwt140.00–140.003851
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed605167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,0132
SteersMedium and Large 1519144.13/cwt135.00–155.007488
SteersMedium and Large 2315125.76/cwt120.00–137.003963
SteersMedium and Large 1463149.08/cwt142.00–157.506906
SteersMedium and Large 2695125.00/cwt125.00–125.008691
SteersMedium and Large 1389156.30/cwt140.00–160.006085
SteersMedium and Large 2440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
SteersMedium and Large 1445148.75/cwt147.50–150.006622
SteersMedium and Large 2255120.00/cwt120.00–120.003061
SteersMedium and Large 1575157.50/cwt157.50–157.509061
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed496163.00/cwt163.00–163.008085
HeifersMedium and Large 1540127.50/cwt127.50–127.506891
HeifersMedium and Large 2385110.00/cwt110.00–110.004241
HeifersMedium and Large 1345115.00/cwt115.00–115.003971
HeifersMedium and Large 1373122.88/cwt115.00–127.504587
HeifersMedium and Large 2285112.41/cwt110.00–115.003203
HeifersMedium 2710105.00/cwt105.00–105.007461
HeifersMedium and Large 1463130.12/cwt120.00–137.506025
HeifersMedium and Large 2342117.50/cwt117.50–117.504022
HeifersMedium and Large 1420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005043
HeifersMedium and Large 2575107.50/cwt107.50–107.506181
HeifersMedium and Large 1612125.00/cwt125.00–125.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 2515110.00/cwt110.00–110.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1582141.00/cwt141.00–141.008212
HeifersMedium and Large 2415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
BullsMedium and Large 2620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007131
Bulls1,63481.23/cwt60.00–100.001,3276
BullsMedium and Large 2545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006001
BullsMedium and Large 2395117.50/cwt117.50–117.504641
BullsMedium and Large 1635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008262
BullsMedium and Large 2580120.00/cwt110.00–130.006962
BullsMedium and Large 1760107.00/cwt107.00–107.008131
BullsMedium and Large 2475125.00/cwt120.00–130.005942
BullsMedium and Large 1480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006721
BullsMedium and Large 2343127.55/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.