Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2025-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.01/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$295.01

12 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$368

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

$53.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.91

vs WV average

−79.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	317.14	1,720	7thin
Medium and Large 2	512	264.02	1,352	5thin

One grade step is worth $53.12/cwt here — about $368 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 sale12 hd

295.01

—

WV average6 barns · 58 hd

305.91

−10.91

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−79.88

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	1,687	163.63	2,760	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,318	150.13	1,978	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,393	140.52	1,957	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	129.66	1,349	17

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	160.95/cwt	157.00–166.00	2,081	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	146.89/cwt	130.00–155.00	1,946	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	140.52/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,957	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	130.69/cwt	117.50–140.00	1,394	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	152.99/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,603	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	115.17/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,111	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	325.97/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	330.20/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,595	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	275.98/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	264.02/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,352	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,240	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	267.72/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,657	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	316.66/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	248.77/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,667	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	190	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	376.16/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,115	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	319.90/cwt	280.00–335.00	1,673	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,068	2
Bulls	—	—	1,687	163.63/cwt	145.00–177.00	2,760	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	320.29/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	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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