Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2025-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $343.00/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$343.00

13 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.98

vs WV average

−14.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	343.00	1,895	13thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

343.00

—

WV average4 barns · 132 hd

338.03

+4.98

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−14.16

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	1,603	163.49	2,621	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,356	138.13	1,873	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,581	135.90	2,149	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,121	122.65	1,375	5thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1	550–600	571	337.12/cwt	310.00–382.50	1,925	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	340	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	338.39/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,174	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	322.93/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,511	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	307.00/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,692	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	380.90/cwt	330.00–400.00	1,600	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	340.43/cwt	330.00–350.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	392	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	316.23/cwt	285.00–330.00	1,641	6
Cows	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	244.29/cwt	225.00–265.00	684	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	132.45/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,477	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,329	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,351	137.69/cwt	125.00–146.00	1,860	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	107.94/cwt	102.00–113.00	1,220	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	133.37/cwt	120.00–140.00	2,105	4
Bulls	—	—	1,603	163.49/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,586	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,297	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	109.49/cwt	103.00–115.00	1,478	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	148.49/cwt	145.00–151.00	2,031	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,844	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	336.77/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,253	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	341.64/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	351.06/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,429	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	349.87/cwt	300.00–367.50	1,858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	278.96/cwt	275.00–295.00	2,011	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	391.75/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,301	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	331.96/cwt	300.00–385.00	1,583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	327.23/cwt	305.00–337.50	2,016	7

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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