Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2025-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.00/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$255.00

2 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,473

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.16

vs WV average

−49.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	262.50	1,536	1thin
Medium and Large 2	570	247.50	1,411	1thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $125 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale2 hd

255.00

—

WV average4 barns · 25 hd

263.16

−8.16

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−49.64

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	1,550	149.00	2,310	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,360	142.00	1,931	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,350	127.00	1,715	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,099	124.09	1,364	7thin

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	600–650	625	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	262.58/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,247	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	114.99/cwt	107.50–121.00	1,233	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,536	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,848	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,715	1
Bulls	—	—	1,550	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,310	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	130.92/cwt	122.00–138.00	1,465	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	337.28/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	287.50/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,279	2

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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