Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2021-06-19

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Jun 19
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
23 vs last sale 0 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
22 vs last sale 0 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 3 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

Smaller run than last reported, smaller for all types of cattle, moderate demand. No test on feeders. Slaughter cattle lower by $10-$13 per cwt, all classes. Heiferettes; $72.5-$90.00/cwt. Baby calves; $$130-$275. Roasting pigs, $70/cwt; $115/hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.16/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$112.16
7 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.64
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560122.506861thin
Medium and Large 2559110.446186thin
One grade step is worth $12.06/cwt here — about $68 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 sale7 hd
112.16
WV average4 barns · 61 hd
124.80
−12.64
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
BullsHigh1,847100.691,8607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18574.928884thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36571.009693thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01955.255636thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bulls1,818108.52/cwt108.00–109.001,9732
Bulls1,85997.56/cwt89.00–107.001,8145
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18574.92/cwt72.00–79.008884
CowsLean 85-90%93552.56/cwt51.00–54.004912
CowsLean 85-90%96839.87/cwt38.00–42.003862
CowsLean 85-90%1,15573.31/cwt68.00–79.008472
BullsMedium and Large 1-2645120.00/cwt120.00–120.007741
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36571.00/cwt69.00–72.009693
BullsMedium and Large 1-2428113.34/cwt110.00–117.504853
SteersMedium and Large 1330155.00/cwt155.00–155.005122
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0531,118.76/cwt1,000.00–1,250.0011,7812
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2965700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,7551
HeifersMedium and Large 2663119.00/cwt118.00–120.007892
HeifersMedium and Large 2400105.00/cwt105.00–105.004201
SteersMedium and Large 2507133.00/cwt133.00–133.006742
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005902
HeifersMedium and Large 1560122.50/cwt122.50–122.506861
HeifersMedium and Large 2590105.00/cwt105.00–105.006201
BullsMedium and Large 1-254590.00/cwt90.00–90.004911
HeifersMedium and Large 2520107.31/cwt102.50–112.505582

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.