Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2020-09-05

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Sep 5
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
13 vs last sale 117 82 vs year ago 212 · 38.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
0 vs last sale 37 35 vs year ago 72 · 48.6%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleThu Sep 18, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Greater overall offering than last reported, slightly higher run of feeder cattle, higher run of goats and sheep but similar offering of slaughter cattle. Demand steady for feeder steers but slightly lower for #1-#2 heifers. Slaughter cows saw a slightly lower demand, $5-7 per cwt; slightly lower demand for slaughter bulls, $5 per cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.40/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$141.40
54 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$210
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.51
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2325155.915078thin
Medium and Large 1516138.8871746
One grade step is worth $17.03/cwt here — about −$210 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 sale54 hd
141.40
WV average4 barns · 250 hd
144.91
−3.51
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
BullsAverage1,88883.621,5796thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,21660.677387thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17455.866569thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04250.9453112

Every lot, as filed

34 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1473120.93/cwt117.00–123.005723
SteersMedium and Large 1630127.58/cwt122.50–132.508043
SteersMedium and Large 2282168.73/cwt160.00–185.004763
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13458.13/cwt56.00–62.006595
BullsMedium and Large 1375129.54/cwt126.00–132.504863
HeifersMedium and Large 1420125.39/cwt120.00–129.005275
SteersMedium and Large 1703135.84/cwt132.50–137.509553
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28565.46/cwt65.00–66.008412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,18958.76/cwt53.00–62.006995
Bulls1,88883.62/cwt78.00–87.001,5796
CowsLean 85-90%1,01052.05/cwt47.00–55.005264
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22553.03/cwt50.00–55.006504
CowsLean 85-90%99042.67/cwt40.00–45.004223
CowsLean 85-90%1,09955.01/cwt53.00–58.006055
HeifersMedium and Large 2620112.43/cwt106.00–117.506976
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added715122.00/cwt122.00–122.008725
SteersMedium and Large 1332155.10/cwt135.00–173.005153
BullsMedium and Large 1663118.62/cwt107.50–130.007862
Dairy SteersLarge 325076.00/cwt76.00–76.001901
HeifersMedium and Large 1521114.87/cwt110.00–120.005987
BullsMedium and Large 1458131.26/cwt130.00–132.506012
BullsMedium and Large 1323111.69/cwt100.00–122.503612
HeifersMedium and Large 2328135.91/cwt130.00–140.004465
SteersMedium and Large 1423140.00/cwt137.50–142.505924
SteersMedium and Large 1385152.50/cwt152.50–152.505872
HeifersMedium and Large 1342134.28/cwt122.50–140.004593
SteersMedium and Large 1463138.86/cwt130.00–145.0064311
SteersMedium and Large 1585135.04/cwt127.00–148.007906
HeifersMedium and Large 2442126.00/cwt126.00–126.005578
SteersMedium and Large 1528136.67/cwt130.00–140.0072212
HeifersMedium and Large 2253145.02/cwt142.50–147.503672
SteersMedium and Large 1677145.00/cwt145.00–145.009822
SteersMedium and Large 2315173.87/cwt170.00–177.505482
SteersMedium and Large 2375131.11/cwt100.00–155.004923

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.