Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2020-10-10

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 10
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
512 head
159 vs last sale 353 512 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
1 vs last sale 89 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
7 vs last sale 1 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleThu Sep 18, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slightly higher run this week than last with greater offering of slaughter cattle as well as short legged stock, and similar offering of feeder cattle. Slightly higher demand for #1 Steers, $4-5 per cwt, softer demand for #1 heifers, $15-20/cwt lower, feeder bulls sold steady to slightly higher. Weaker demand for slaughter cows, $4-6 lower per cwt for breakers and boners, lean cows weaker by $12 per cwt. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Small runs of: heiferettes, $80/cwt; dairy calves, $40; slaughter hogs, $35-60.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.31/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$119.31
118 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$515
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.40
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444120.6153590
Medium and Large 2384115.6744427
Medium and Large 1-2615100.006151thin
One grade step is worth $20.61/cwt here — about −$80 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 sale118 hd
119.31
WV average6 barns · 1,563 hd
124.70
−5.40
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
BullsAverage1,74080.371,39811
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28153.686877thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41352.397406thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12246.4852243

Every lot, as filed

67 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%1,25557.00/cwt57.00–57.007152
CowsLean 85-90%1,11945.72/cwt38.00–52.0051233
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29152.35/cwt50.00–54.006765
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47552.33/cwt51.00–54.007723
SteersMedium and Large 1577136.52/cwt135.00–137.507883
SteersMedium and Large 1532136.97/cwt127.50–143.0072915
SteersMedium and Large 1835115.00/cwt115.00–115.009601
SteersMedium and Large 1616140.94/cwt136.00–142.0086819
BullsMedium and Large 1515135.82/cwt132.50–137.506996
BullsMedium and Large 1Source/Aged585112.50/cwt112.50–112.506581
SteersMedium and Large 1424150.03/cwt142.50–155.006366
SteersMedium and Large 1380151.43/cwt142.50–167.505759
SteersMedium and Large 1771125.81/cwt115.00–131.009703
HeifersMedium and Large 1573110.00/cwt110.00–110.006302
SteersMedium and Large 1910105.00/cwt105.00–105.009561
SteersMedium and Large 1675118.89/cwt112.50–125.008032
SteersMedium and Large 1285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
HeifersMedium and Large 1481122.66/cwt117.50–125.0059024
SteersMedium and Large 1466151.13/cwt142.00–162.0070416
BullsMedium and Large 1271165.73/cwt135.00–176.004496
SteersMedium and Large 1712128.50/cwt128.50–128.509155
SteersMedium and Large 1862117.40/cwt115.00–118.001,0125
HeifersMedium and Large 1326123.55/cwt110.00–130.0040316
BullsMedium and Large 1428147.32/cwt140.00–152.5063117
HeifersMedium and Large 1775112.50/cwt112.50–112.508721
BullsMedium and Large 1312162.23/cwt150.00–166.005067
HeifersMedium and Large 1615113.07/cwt109.00–117.006952
SteersMedium and Large 1312156.28/cwt150.00–167.504884
HeifersMedium and Large 1414127.03/cwt117.50–140.0052617
BullsMedium and Large 2230130.00/cwt130.00–130.002991
BullsMedium and Large 1565134.13/cwt122.50–142.507584
BullsMedium and Large 21,01568.00/cwt68.00–68.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 1271125.09/cwt120.00–132.503394
HeifersMedium and Large 1542114.84/cwt110.00–120.006226
BullsMedium and Large 1464144.07/cwt132.50–159.0066810
SteersMedium and Large 2367151.00/cwt151.00–151.005542
BullsMedium and Large 170595.00/cwt95.00–95.006702
HeifersMedium and Large 2321122.53/cwt110.00–127.003935
BullsMedium and Large 1382145.66/cwt125.00–170.005568
HeifersMedium and Large 1373123.75/cwt115.00–132.504629
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151
SteersMedium and Large 2328124.73/cwt120.00–130.004092
BullsMedium and Large 2285135.00/cwt135.00–135.003851
BullsMedium and Large 2403120.00/cwt120.00–120.004843
BullsMedium and Large 2490100.00/cwt100.00–100.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 2135117.50/cwt117.50–117.501591
HeifersMedium and Large 267590.00/cwt90.00–90.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 2365117.56/cwt100.00–120.0042911
HeifersMedium and Large 2480111.89/cwt110.00–117.505374
HeifersMedium and Large 2515103.67/cwt95.00–112.505342
SteersMedium and Large 2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
SteersMedium and Large 2455110.00/cwt110.00–110.005011
SteersMedium and Large 2655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy470122.50/cwt122.50–122.505761
HeifersMedium and Large 2283118.65/cwt115.00–122.503362
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy477100.00/cwt100.00–100.004772
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy641103.44/cwt90.00–106.006636
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy51592.50/cwt92.50–92.504761
BullsMedium and Large 2577119.00/cwt119.00–119.006875
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500100.00/cwt100.00–100.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 2425117.50/cwt117.50–117.504991
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47055.00/cwt55.00–55.008091
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29051.17/cwt50.00–52.006602
CowsLean 85-90%1,22836.53/cwt35.00–38.004492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,190850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,1151
CowsLean 85-90%1,10952.10/cwt50.00–54.005788
Bulls1,74080.37/cwt70.00–86.001,39811

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.