Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2024-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-22

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.34/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$248.34

7 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$21.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.43

vs WV average

−18.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	251.39	1,410	6thin
Medium and Large 2	560	230.00	1,288	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.39/cwt here — about $122 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 sale7 hd

248.34

—

WV average3 barns · 27 hd

260.76

−12.43

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−18.88

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	1,970	182.00	3,585	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	142.28	1,862	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	138.78	2,151	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,158	126.55	1,465	4thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	982	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	224.84/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,068	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,331	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,378	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	138.37/cwt	131.00–142.00	1,760	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	138.78/cwt	134.50–143.00	2,151	2
Bulls	—	—	1,970	182.00/cwt	167.50–200.00	3,585	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,226	129.56/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,588	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,187	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,311	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	249.67/cwt	242.50–267.50	1,416	5

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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