Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2025-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-15

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.72/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$289.72

12 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$35.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.18

vs WV average

−74.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	301.41	1,549	8thin
Medium and Large 2	557	266.34	1,482	4thin

One grade step is worth $35.07/cwt here — about $67 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 sale12 hd

289.72

—

WV average4 barns · 69 hd

292.90

−3.18

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−74.24

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	1,776	174.00	3,090	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,592	148.33	2,361	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,236	134.25	1,659	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,178	133.61	1,574	4thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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%	—	1,200	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,392	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	142.52/cwt	135.00–151.00	2,323	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	157.05/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,411	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	133.61/cwt	123.00–143.00	1,574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	265.12/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	434.86/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,861	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	270.43/cwt	245.00–282.50	1,679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,023	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	318.17/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	324.81/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	335.92/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,246	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	301.41/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,549	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,266	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	294.11/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,132	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	267.49/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,158	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,916	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	312.06/cwt	265.00–335.00	1,223	3
Bulls	—	—	1,776	174.00/cwt	157.00–185.00	3,090	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	138.81/cwt	133.00–147.00	1,728	4

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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