Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2024-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-30

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.32/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$311.32

56 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$590

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

$92.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.58

vs WV average

+1.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	314.62	1,779	54
Medium and Large 2	535	222.34	1,190	2thin

One grade step is worth $92.28/cwt here — about $590 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale56 hd

311.32

—

WV average5 barns · 142 hd

305.74

+5.58

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

+1.06

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	1,723	142.77	2,460	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,473	128.44	1,892	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	121.00	1,930	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,011	107.69	1,089	7thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	628	320.56/cwt	290.00–327.50	2,013	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	222.71/cwt	205.00–240.00	1,421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	256.24/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,694	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	270.34/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,184	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	257.05/cwt	237.50–267.50	1,452	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	578	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,584	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	292.59/cwt	250.00–340.00	1,366	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	322.88/cwt	295.00–332.50	1,844	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	717	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	341.14/cwt	280.00–370.00	1,313	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	247.16/cwt	230.00–267.50	1,162	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	306.88/cwt	250.00–320.00	1,630	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	241.40/cwt	215.00–255.00	1,468	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	210.05/cwt	200.00–220.00	983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	221.43/cwt	195.00–235.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	203.02/cwt	175.00–225.00	841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	222.34/cwt	205.00–240.00	1,190	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,930	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	111.76/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,124	5
Bulls	—	—	1,723	142.77/cwt	135.00–155.00	2,460	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,477	129.68/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,915	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	97.53/cwt	92.00–102.50	1,000	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	487	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,315	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	255.66/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,322	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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