Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2025-05-17

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, May 17
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
15 vs last sale 73 2 vs year ago 56 · +3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
13 vs last sale 31 16 vs year ago 34 · 47.1%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleThu Sep 18, 2025
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Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $290.12/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$290.12
5 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,561
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
59.38
vs WV average
94.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532313.541,6683thin
Medium and Large 2548255.001,3962thin
One grade step is worth $58.54/cwt here — about $272 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale5 hd
290.12
WV average3 barns · 27 hd
349.51
−59.38
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
−94.48
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,620185.243,0016thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,730157.502,7251thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,225155.381,9044thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,119147.431,6505thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,218157.75/cwt157.50–158.001,9212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,730157.50/cwt157.50–157.502,7251
CowsLean 85-90%1,119147.43/cwt140.00–153.001,6505
Bulls1,620185.24/cwt160.00–211.003,0016
CowsBoner 80-85%1,240169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,0961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,225137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,6781
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500481390.12/cwt380.00–400.001,8764
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700680285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9381
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0401
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5081
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700685240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6441
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390250.00/cwt250.00–250.009751
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350310345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0701
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600580325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8851
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700660270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7821
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450435310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3491
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3561
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2131
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500489377.03/cwt350.00–395.001,8445
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450437427.04/cwt345.00–445.001,86615
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500495290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4361
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650610230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4031
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550515250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2881
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650600280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6801
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350300430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2901
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450410340.12/cwt330.00–350.001,3942
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650625285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7811
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750730265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9351
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400363345.03/cwt340.00–355.001,2523
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0101
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532313.54/cwt300.00–340.001,6683
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed250–300287430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2342

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.