Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2024-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 24.00/cwt feeder steer deleted

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.62/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$254.62

22 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,402

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$20.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.08

vs WV average

−17.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	255.56	1,410	21
Medium and Large 2	530	235.00	1,246	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.56/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale22 hd

254.62

—

WV average2 barns · 101 hd

260.70

−6.08

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−17.29

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	1,435	119.24	1,711	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,365	113.41	1,548	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,172	102.76	1,204	12

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,435	119.24/cwt	105.00–130.00	1,711	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	110.55/cwt	107.50–114.00	1,495	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	119.12/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,658	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,203	107.46/cwt	99.00–112.00	1,293	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	88.66/cwt	85.00–93.00	956	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	254.11/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,088	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	300.89/cwt	270.00–320.00	788	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	297.25/cwt	270.00–310.00	996	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	256.81/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,369	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	259.77/cwt	225.00–272.50	1,585	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	306.51/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	254.18/cwt	252.50–270.00	1,454	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	234.66/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,216	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	214.95/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,150	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	264.92/cwt	255.00–280.00	848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	250.00/cwt	245.00–260.00	938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	252.01/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,240	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,246	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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →