Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2019-07-27

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Jul 27
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 27▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 34▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.13/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$121.13
12 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$236
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.89
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1587129.207585thin
Medium and Large 2453115.365227thin
One grade step is worth $13.84/cwt here — about $236 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 sale12 hd
121.13
—
WV average4 barns · 127 hd
115.23
+5.89
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—Average1,75983.201,46312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20062.2774714
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56558.009081thin
CowsLean 85-90%High91148.664436thin

Every lot

20 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 2280122.50/cwt122.50–122.503431
Steers—Medium and Large 2345125.00/cwt125.00–125.004311
Steers—Medium and Large 2365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004381
Steers—Medium and Large 2450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 2525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 1550144.00/cwt144.00–144.007921
Steers—Medium and Large 1740143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2404115.00/cwt115.00–115.004656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578130.00/cwt130.00–130.007513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600128.00/cwt128.00–128.007682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2745117.50/cwt117.50–117.508751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2295121.00/cwt121.00–121.003571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555134.00/cwt134.00–134.007441
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,75983.20/cwt72.00–92.001,46312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85540.96/cwt40.00–42.003502
Cows—Lean 85-90%89751.34/cwt51.00–52.004613
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06556.00/cwt56.00–56.005961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14860.51/cwt58.00–64.006959
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29465.43/cwt64.00–67.008475
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56558.00/cwt58.00–58.009081

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.