Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2025-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-04

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.79/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$339.79

19 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$375

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

$69.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.93

vs WV average

−29.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	354.35	1,934	15thin
Medium and Large 2	547	285.15	1,558	4thin

One grade step is worth $69.20/cwt here — about $375 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 sale19 hd

339.79

—

WV average7 barns · 406 hd

331.86

+7.93

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−29.12

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	1,755	172.54	3,028	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,543	147.50	2,275	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,325	145.17	1,923	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,067	133.01	1,419	16

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	347.59/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	426.42/cwt	375.00–442.50	2,200	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	337.05/cwt	305.00–350.00	2,093	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	383.65/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,987	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	409.86/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,881	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	421.66/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	297	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	386.16/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,487	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	297.47/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,960	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	379.42/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,639	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	393.37/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	378.94/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	287.51/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	282.79/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,314	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,442	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	111.95/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,089	2
Bulls	—	—	1,755	172.54/cwt	160.00–183.00	3,028	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,725	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,708	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,877	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	154.40/cwt	148.00–158.00	1,992	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	340.11/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,496	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	144.37/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,927	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,665	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	133.86/cwt	120.00–148.00	1,452	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,254	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	339.40/cwt	310.00–380.00	1,307	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,284	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	384.44/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,661	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	437.56/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,706	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	289.03/cwt	220.00–325.00	2,095	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	407.63/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,920	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	427.59/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,817	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	436.59/cwt	405.00–455.00	1,432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	377.49/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	362.83/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,086	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	356.69/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,158	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	336.29/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,870	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,003	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	420.57/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,161	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,153	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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