Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2024-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $221.17/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$221.17

8 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$11.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.39

vs WV average

−36.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	230.00	1,231	2thin
Medium and Large 2	509	218.23	1,111	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.77/cwt here — about $120 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 sale8 hd

221.17

—

WV average4 barns · 56 hd

248.56

−27.39

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

−36.63

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	1,659	147.08	2,441	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,361	130.39	1,775	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,753	127.69	2,239	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	119.59	1,253	32

Every lot, as filed

35 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 2	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	228.84/cwt	225.00–230.00	863	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	223.76/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,049	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	247.47/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,406	6
Bulls	—	—	1,887	158.46/cwt	134.00–173.00	2,990	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	127.63/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,695	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	139.13/cwt	132.00–153.00	2,010	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,271	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,104	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,845	124.53/cwt	120.00–131.00	2,298	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,231	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	234	214.21/cwt	202.50–217.50	501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,287	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	270.10/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,296	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,106	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	207.68/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,308	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	913	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	655	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	121.04/cwt	110.00–131.00	1,276	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	134.78/cwt	132.50–137.00	1,557	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	108.74/cwt	100.00–112.50	1,073	6
Bulls	—	—	1,280	128.12/cwt	115.00–140.00	1,640	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	218.23/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,111	6

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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