Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2020-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Information supplied by stockyards.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.17/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$107.17

72 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$12.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.48

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	494	113.77	562	33
Medium and Large 2	492	101.59	499	39

One grade step is worth $12.19/cwt here — about $63 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 sale72 hd

107.17

—

WV average3 barns · 214 hd

109.65

−2.48

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	1,630	73.09	1,191	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,313	54.90	721	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	45.68	541	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	34.99	329	10

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	812	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	312	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	413	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	146.60/cwt	137.50–155.00	459	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	121.88/cwt	115.00–127.00	644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	136.95/cwt	128.00–142.50	638	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	469	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	650	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	578	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	4
Bulls	—	—	1,630	73.09/cwt	61.00–80.00	1,191	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	34.99/cwt	30.00–40.00	329	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,313	54.90/cwt	51.00–60.00	721	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	125.09/cwt	120.00–130.00	542	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	84.86/cwt	80.00–90.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	340	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	45.68/cwt	40.00–50.00	541	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	777	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	473	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	535	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	523	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	106.49/cwt	100.00–111.00	442	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	385	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	878	3

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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