Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2020-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

information supplied by market

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $125.32/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$125.32

100 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$330

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2

$33.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.99

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	125.65	641	99
Medium 1-2	1,050	92.50	971	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.15/cwt here — about −$330 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 sale100 hd

125.32

—

WV average6 barns · 679 hd

132.31

−6.99

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,682	68.05	1,145	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,279	59.83	765	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,174	47.93	563	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	967	35.89	347	12

Every lot, as filed

48 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,100	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,050	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,250	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	1,050	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	368	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	589	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	300	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	428	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	580	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	840	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	689	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	411	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	527	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	459	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	619	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	925	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	360	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	262	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	101.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	753	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	157.48/cwt	140.00–165.00	524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	917	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	249	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	311	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	319	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	275	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	584	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	714	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	120.00/cwt	90.00–150.00	540	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	400	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	12,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	175	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	653	3
Bulls	—	—	1,850	70.14/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,298	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,279	59.83/cwt	54.00–64.00	765	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	35.89/cwt	25.00–43.00	347	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	47.93/cwt	44.00–53.00	563	13
Bulls	—	—	2,200	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,936	1
Bulls	—	—	1,255	55.99/cwt	53.00–58.00	703	2

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.

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