Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $259.11/cwt on 97 head.

Average price

$259.11

97 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$24.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.69

vs WV average

−7.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	261.87	1,477	86
Medium and Large 2	562	237.50	1,335	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.37/cwt here — about $142 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 sale97 hd

259.11

—

WV average7 barns · 486 hd

246.42

+12.69

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−7.53

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

20 lots · USDA AMS · Weston Livestock Marketing Special Graded Sale - 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	500–550	503	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,122	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,241	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	961	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,272	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,161	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	208.57/cwt	200.00–212.50	1,168	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,277	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,163	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	213.12/cwt	212.50–215.00	1,560	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	280.37/cwt	260.00–302.50	1,208	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,335	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,061	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	774	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	261.87/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,477	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,022	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,035	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	993	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	207.01/cwt	201.00–212.50	1,321	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	283.65/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,407	54

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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