Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2025-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-13

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.31/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$339.31

33 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$36.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.69

vs WV average

−29.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	348.07	1,964	25
Medium and Large 2	568	311.97	1,771	8thin

One grade step is worth $36.10/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale33 hd

339.31

—

WV average5 barns · 182 hd

343.00

−3.69

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−29.03

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	1,793	179.69	3,222	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,310	148.00	1,939	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,282	145.21	1,862	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	134.53	1,553	13

Every lot, as filed

59 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	600–650	618	318.48/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,968	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	494.30/cwt	460.00–512.50	2,066	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	233	376.82/cwt	350.00–415.00	878	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	456.60/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,790	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,133	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	385.98/cwt	350.00–430.00	1,694	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	306.66/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,088	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	400.16/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,228	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	521.43/cwt	450.00–595.00	1,773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	393.33/cwt	345.00–455.00	2,065	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	723	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	424.43/cwt	400.00–460.00	1,596	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	464.42/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,002	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,077	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,484	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	143.95/cwt	137.00–160.00	1,664	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	123.55/cwt	110.00–133.00	1,425	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	148.00/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,939	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	128.47/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,625	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	148.00/cwt	135.00–156.00	1,902	12
Bulls	—	—	1,793	179.69/cwt	169.00–190.00	3,222	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	312.96/cwt	270.00–327.50	1,793	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	783	242.62/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	371.19/cwt	340.00–395.00	2,108	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	322.28/cwt	305.00–360.00	2,040	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	351.92/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,020	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,923	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,901	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	492.90/cwt	420.00–520.00	1,774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	314.16/cwt	312.50–317.50	2,915	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	362.83/cwt	345.00–380.00	2,246	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	420.11/cwt	325.00–667.00	2,836	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	323.33/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	314.03/cwt	300.00–322.50	2,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	233.17/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,940	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,159	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	304.78/cwt	295.00–325.00	2,057	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	347.51/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	462.52/cwt	445.00–480.00	2,220	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	340.45/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,992	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	410.77/cwt	385.00–460.00	2,169	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	359.49/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,916	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	371.62/cwt	340.00–400.00	1,754	19

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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