Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2025-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-03

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.49/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$315.49

15 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$345

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

$70.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.98

vs WV average

−13.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	320.17	1,745	14thin
Medium and Large 2	560	250.00	1,400	1thin

One grade step is worth $70.17/cwt here — about $345 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 sale15 hd

315.49

—

WV average4 barns · 62 hd

302.51

+12.98

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−13.85

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	1,725	170.15	2,935	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,347	156.68	2,110	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,570	149.00	2,339	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,062	141.60	1,504	15

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1	350–400	395	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	317.44/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,698	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	333	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,332	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	620	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	325.08/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	304.66/cwt	285.00–340.00	1,868	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	356.58/cwt	310.00–400.00	1,815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	328.40/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,865	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	354.42/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	297.38/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,377	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	344.84/cwt	315.00–375.00	1,621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,581	1
Bulls	—	—	1,725	170.15/cwt	148.00–182.50	2,935	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	158.35/cwt	152.50–170.00	2,171	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	141.60/cwt	130.00–148.00	1,504	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,875	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,339	1

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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