Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2023-04-22

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Apr 22
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
201 head
132 vs last sale 69 81 vs year ago 282 · 28.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
350 vs last sale 402 18 vs year ago 70 · 25.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
29 vs last sale 33 5 vs year ago 9 · 55.6%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleThu Sep 18, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Replacement cattle changed to per unit

Larger run of Feeder Cattle than last reported, receipts of Replacement Cattle lower and no comparison for Slaughter Cattle numbers. Average market demand with prices for Feeder Steers slightly lower roughly $10 per cwt and reflecting the same on Feeder Heifers. Feeder Bulls sold steady. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold steady to $7 lower. Heiferettes: $92-98 per cwt.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.32/cwt on 100 head.
Average price
$170.32
100 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$902
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.83
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541172.5693380
Medium and Large 2485161.3678220
One grade step is worth $11.20/cwt here — about $151 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
170.32
WV average7 barns · 1,156 hd
185.15
−14.83
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
BullsAverage1,534105.661,6218thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,24087.531,08511
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11482.2691620
CowsLean 85-90%High99672.227198thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$9751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,345$1,5523thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,17685.80/cwt79.00–92.001,0098
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08775.35/cwt72.00–78.008195
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24588.48/cwt87.00–95.001,1025
CowsLean 85-90%1,09581.97/cwt79.00–86.008982
CowsLean 85-90%99577.53/cwt77.00–78.007712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41092.16/cwt88.00–95.001,2993
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06282.60/cwt78.00–86.0087710
CowsLean 85-90%94664.69/cwt47.00–75.006124
Bulls1,419103.05/cwt90.00–111.001,4626
Bulls1,878113.51/cwt113.00–114.002,1322
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3451,551.80/head1,425.00–1,700.001,5523
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150975.00/head975.00–975.009751
SteersMedium and Large 2525180.00/cwt180.00–180.009454
SteersMedium and Large 2378185.00/cwt185.00–185.006993
HeifersMedium and Large 2525155.75/cwt155.75–155.758183
HeifersMedium and Large 1525172.50/cwt172.50–172.509068
HeifersMedium and Large 1675152.75/cwt152.75–152.751,0314
BullsMedium and Large 1-2365170.00/cwt170.00–170.006211
SteersMedium and Large 1433200.50/cwt180.00–245.008683
SteersMedium and Large 1310205.00/cwt205.00–205.006361
HeifersMedium and Large 1625173.75/cwt165.00–182.501,08630
HeifersMedium and Large 1311173.38/cwt172.50–175.005393
HeifersMedium and Large 1414176.35/cwt172.50–180.0073016
HeifersMedium and Large 2403162.50/cwt162.50–162.506557
SteersMedium and Large 1625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4067
SteersMedium and Large 1475240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1407
SteersMedium and Large 2685155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0621
SteersMedium and Large 2590180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0621
HeifersMedium and Large 1575165.00/cwt165.00–165.0094910
HeifersMedium and Large 1477178.86/cwt170.00–180.008539
SteersMedium and Large 1376207.80/cwt180.00–250.007817
BullsMedium and Large 1-2601175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0524
BullsMedium and Large 1-2407189.00/cwt189.00–189.0076912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2323186.25/cwt186.25–186.256025
BullsMedium and Large 1-2479187.45/cwt185.00–210.0089810
HeifersMedium and Large 2484169.48/cwt167.50–177.508205
HeifersMedium and Large 2575155.00/cwt155.00–155.008915
SteersMedium and Large 1520227.74/cwt218.50–243.001,18414

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.