Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2019-06-29

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Jun 29
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 28▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 24▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.75/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$135.75
10 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.18
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520140.717327thin
Medium and Large 2560124.176953thin
One grade step is worth $16.55/cwt here — about $36 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
135.75
—
WV average3 barns · 42 hd
125.57
+10.18
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,62387.891,4265thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30066.1185910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43061.008722thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03555.005693thin

Every lot

22 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005673
Steers—Medium and Large 2465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005581
Steers—Medium and Large 1540135.00/cwt135.00–135.007291
Steers—Medium and Large 2580127.50/cwt127.50–127.507401
Steers—Medium and Large 1595147.50/cwt147.50–147.508782
Steers—Medium and Large 2635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007941
Steers—Medium and Large 1695135.00/cwt135.00–135.009381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275112.50/cwt112.50–112.503092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522116.27/cwt115.00–117.506074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645115.00/cwt115.00–115.007421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695115.00/cwt115.00–115.007991
Feeder Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Medium and Large 2515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,62387.89/cwt83.00–96.001,4265
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87549.00/cwt49.00–49.004291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02055.00/cwt55.00–55.005611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06552.00/cwt52.00–52.005541
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16564.00/cwt64.00–64.007461
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30563.00/cwt63.00–63.008221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32764.46/cwt63.00–67.008555
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33570.95/cwt69.00–73.009474
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55559.00/cwt59.00–59.009171

This sale against other markets

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.