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
Bulls—Average1,49879.511,19113
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 1—519129.40/cwt117.00–137.506729
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—337145.00/cwt145.00–145.004897
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366133.45/cwt110.00–140.004887
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328132.33/cwt121.00–138.004344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—481120.69/cwt112.50–134.0058135
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426121.73/cwt110.00–137.505196
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528117.06/cwt114.00–121.006183
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429131.06/cwt120.00–138.0056215
HeifersMedium and Large 2—316127.53/cwt110.00–137.004034
SteersMedium and Large 1—477149.69/cwt145.00–152.5071418
SteersMedium and Large 2—374146.42/cwt130.00–157.505486
SteersMedium and Large 1—865110.00/cwt105.00–115.009522
SteersMedium and Large 1—414151.37/cwt147.50–154.0062715
SteersMedium and Large 2—611120.01/cwt110.00–125.007333
SteersMedium and Large 1—570135.70/cwt127.50–140.0077314
SteersMedium and Large 2—405139.10/cwt132.50–147.505633
SteersMedium and Large 3—52579.90/cwt70.00–90.004192
SteersMedium and Large 1—525140.35/cwt130.00–149.007379
SteersMedium and Large 2—330150.30/cwt145.00–156.004963
HeifersMedium and Large 1—607115.00/cwt115.00–115.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375139.23/cwt137.50–140.0052213
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670112.33/cwt112.00–112.507533
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568117.20/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 1—381154.53/cwt150.00–160.005894
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—481153.00/cwt153.00–153.007363
SteersMedium and Large 2—475136.00/cwt136.00–136.006462
SteersMedium and Large 1—318183.14/cwt171.00–191.005825
SteersMedium and Large 1—634134.49/cwt134.00–135.008534
SteersMedium and Large 3—40589.00/cwt89.00–89.003601
SteersMedium and Large 2—708128.74/cwt125.00–132.509112
SteersMedium and Large 1—663133.41/cwt125.00–137.508858
SteersMedium and Large 1—270189.15/cwt173.00–197.505115
SteersMedium and Large 3—59096.00/cwt96.00–96.005661
BullsMedium and Large 1—432143.58/cwt136.00–148.0062010
BullsMedium and Large 2—468114.62/cwt110.00–119.005362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—622109.17/cwt107.00–112.506793
HeifersMedium and Large 2—572115.70/cwt106.00–122.506629
HeifersMedium and Large 1—735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008094
HeifersMedium and Large 2—487110.00/cwt110.00–110.005362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521111.29/cwt110.00–115.005807
HeifersMedium and Large 1—685119.98/cwt117.00–121.008224
BullsMedium and Large 1—576114.00/cwt100.00–121.006576
BullsMedium and Large 1—79682.50/cwt82.50–82.506573
BullsMedium and Large 2—643106.83/cwt102.00–108.006875
BullsMedium and Large 1—623110.32/cwt99.00–116.006873
Bulls——1,60481.90/cwt75.00–86.001,31410
Bulls——1,14371.53/cwt70.00–75.008183
BullsMedium and Large 2—650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007154
BullsMedium and Large 1—390146.48/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.