Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2023-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-11

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.64/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$169.64

27 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$20.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.43

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	185.83	1,032	6thin
Medium and Large 2	541	165.01	892	21

One grade step is worth $20.83/cwt here — about $140 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 sale27 hd

169.64

—

WV average5 barns · 325 hd

191.07

−21.43

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	1,497	120.80	1,808	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,594	88.76	1,415	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,356	86.52	1,173	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,174	78.48	921	14

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	—	1,497	120.80/cwt	112.00–128.00	1,808	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,044	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	295	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	215.04/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,204	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	209.12/cwt	180.00–225.00	1,297	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	169.78/cwt	155.00–175.00	801	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	347	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,109	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,164	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	202.50/cwt	190.00–215.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,076	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	171.45/cwt	155.00–182.00	904	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	187.58/cwt	165.00–195.00	692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	182.50/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,104	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	168.33/cwt	165.00–170.00	830	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,113	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,032	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,458	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,043	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	97.60/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,298	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	85.70/cwt	80.00–93.00	1,163	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	88.52/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,344	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,805	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,498	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	72.74/cwt	70.00–79.00	835	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	82.79/cwt	80.00–85.00	988	8

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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