Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2024-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.71/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$216.71

13 head · 393 lb average

Value per head Derived

$853

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$42.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.39

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	412	229.69	945	9thin
Medium and Large 2	353	187.50	661	4thin

One grade step is worth $42.19/cwt here — about $284 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 sale13 hd

216.71

—

WV average4 barns · 60 hd

227.10

−10.39

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,384	103.17	1,427	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,088	84.14	916	12

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	305	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	274.50/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,436	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	240	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	237.04/cwt	215.00–255.00	910	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,302	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	76.73/cwt	73.00–80.00	757	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	100.25/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,341	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,608	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,161	89.44/cwt	84.00–101.00	1,038	7

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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