Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2020-09-19

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Sep 19
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
150 vs last sale 167 5 vs year ago 312 · +1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
6 vs last sale 64 7 vs year ago 51 · +13.7%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleThu Sep 18, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Higher run than last week with much greater supply of feeders and similar numbers of slaughter offerings. Stronger demand for lighter #1 steers up to #400, steady to slightly higher by $3-4/cwt for #1 steers. Demand slightly higher for #1 heifers, $3-8/cwt. Demand steady for #2 steers and heifers. Demand stronger for slaughter cows, up $3/cwt for breakers, $10; boners, $5; lean cows, prices compared on average dress. Heiferettes: $77-$86. Slaughter hogs: $43.5-$43. Ample pasture reported in N. Central WV.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.14/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$124.14
133 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.73
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1469126.4359392
Medium and Large 2488119.0158141
One grade step is worth $7.42/cwt here — about $11 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 sale133 hd
124.14
WV average8 barns · 1,367 hd
128.88
−4.73
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
BullsAverage1,49879.511,19113
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41665.7493112
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25663.2579521
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07254.8958810

Every lot, as filed

57 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25163.32/cwt55.00–69.0079217
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43371.77/cwt69.00–75.001,0282
CowsLean 85-90%1,00756.04/cwt54.00–57.505645
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12554.17/cwt51.00–57.006092
CowsLean 85-90%91047.24/cwt45.00–50.504303
BullsMedium and Large 1519129.40/cwt117.00–137.506729
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added337145.00/cwt145.00–145.004897
HeifersMedium and Large 2366133.45/cwt110.00–140.004887
HeifersMedium and Large 1328132.33/cwt121.00–138.004344
HeifersMedium and Large 1481120.69/cwt112.50–134.0058135
HeifersMedium and Large 2426121.73/cwt110.00–137.505196
HeifersMedium and Large 1528117.06/cwt114.00–121.006183
HeifersMedium and Large 1429131.06/cwt120.00–138.0056215
HeifersMedium and Large 2316127.53/cwt110.00–137.004034
SteersMedium and Large 1477149.69/cwt145.00–152.5071418
SteersMedium and Large 2374146.42/cwt130.00–157.505486
SteersMedium and Large 1865110.00/cwt105.00–115.009522
SteersMedium and Large 1414151.37/cwt147.50–154.0062715
SteersMedium and Large 2611120.01/cwt110.00–125.007333
SteersMedium and Large 1570135.70/cwt127.50–140.0077314
SteersMedium and Large 2405139.10/cwt132.50–147.505633
SteersMedium and Large 352579.90/cwt70.00–90.004192
SteersMedium and Large 1525140.35/cwt130.00–149.007379
SteersMedium and Large 2330150.30/cwt145.00–156.004963
HeifersMedium and Large 1607115.00/cwt115.00–115.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 1375139.23/cwt137.50–140.0052213
HeifersMedium and Large 2670112.33/cwt112.00–112.507533
HeifersMedium and Large 1568117.20/cwt116.00–122.006665
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26074.90/cwt69.75–81.009443
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46862.68/cwt59.00–66.009209
CowsLean 85-90%1,47563.51/cwt63.00–64.009372
SteersMedium and Large 1381154.53/cwt150.00–160.005894
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added481153.00/cwt153.00–153.007363
SteersMedium and Large 2475136.00/cwt136.00–136.006462
SteersMedium and Large 1318183.14/cwt171.00–191.005825
SteersMedium and Large 1634134.49/cwt134.00–135.008534
SteersMedium and Large 340589.00/cwt89.00–89.003601
SteersMedium and Large 2708128.74/cwt125.00–132.509112
SteersMedium and Large 1663133.41/cwt125.00–137.508858
SteersMedium and Large 1270189.15/cwt173.00–197.505115
SteersMedium and Large 359096.00/cwt96.00–96.005661
BullsMedium and Large 1432143.58/cwt136.00–148.0062010
BullsMedium and Large 2468114.62/cwt110.00–119.005362
HeifersMedium and Large 2622109.17/cwt107.00–112.506793
HeifersMedium and Large 2572115.70/cwt106.00–122.506629
HeifersMedium and Large 1735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008094
HeifersMedium and Large 2487110.00/cwt110.00–110.005362
HeifersMedium and Large 2521111.29/cwt110.00–115.005807
HeifersMedium and Large 1685119.98/cwt117.00–121.008224
BullsMedium and Large 1576114.00/cwt100.00–121.006576
BullsMedium and Large 179682.50/cwt82.50–82.506573
BullsMedium and Large 2643106.83/cwt102.00–108.006875
BullsMedium and Large 1623110.32/cwt99.00–116.006873
Bulls1,60481.90/cwt75.00–86.001,31410
Bulls1,14371.53/cwt70.00–75.008183
BullsMedium and Large 2650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007154
BullsMedium and Large 1390146.48/cwt145.00–148.005712

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.