Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2023-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-18

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.50/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$157.50

8 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

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

$22.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.88

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	166.00	891	5thin
Medium and Large 2	348	143.33	499	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.67/cwt here — about $393 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 sale8 hd

157.50

—

WV average5 barns · 76 hd

151.62

+5.88

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	1,815	90.00	1,634	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,600	85.00	1,360	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,147	78.76	903	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,473	76.17	1,122	4thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,117	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,634	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,515	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,364	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	59.84/cwt	55.00–65.00	482	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	80.51/cwt	74.00–86.00	965	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	81.84/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,162	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,535	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	783	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,360	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	88.90/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,098	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,031	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,064	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	1

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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