Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2019-11-16

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 115▲ 114 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 61▲ 44 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 $107.96/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$107.96
40 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$511
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.07
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1473110.5052325
Medium and Large 2474103.7149215thin
One grade step is worth $6.79/cwt here — about $31 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 sale40 hd
107.96
—
WV average4 barns · 195 hd
99.88
+8.07
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—Average1,80968.721,2439thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48551.007571thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28049.3963211
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05944.6147211

Every lot

42 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2260115.00/cwt115.00–115.002992
Steers—Medium and Large 1334135.00/cwt135.00–135.004517
Steers—Medium and Large 1375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
Steers—Medium and Large 2390117.50/cwt117.50–117.504581
Steers—Medium and Large 1420128.41/cwt125.00–130.005393
Steers—Medium and Large 2445115.00/cwt110.00–120.005122
Steers—Medium and Large 1480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
Steers—Medium and Large 1540129.00/cwt129.00–129.006973
Steers—Medium and Large 2568101.27/cwt97.50–105.005752
Steers—Medium and Large 1675116.00/cwt116.00–116.007831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1235115.00/cwt115.00–115.002701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270122.50/cwt122.50–122.503311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1337112.75/cwt112.00–115.003805
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370107.06/cwt100.00–113.003964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400115.00/cwt115.00–115.004602
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418109.17/cwt107.50–110.004563
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460100.00/cwt100.00–100.004601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519111.53/cwt109.00–115.005799
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535104.79/cwt102.50–107.005615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1551110.00/cwt110.00–110.006064
Heifers—Medium and Large 262288.00/cwt88.00–88.005472
Heifers—Medium and Large 164295.00/cwt95.00–95.006102
Heifers—Medium and Large 168097.50/cwt97.50–97.506631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360115.00/cwt115.00–115.004141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373125.52/cwt125.00–126.004682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438132.50/cwt132.50–132.505803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476113.69/cwt112.50–117.505414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525119.00/cwt119.00–119.006252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535100.00/cwt100.00–100.005352
Bulls—Medium and Large 255590.00/cwt90.00–90.005001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1590117.00/cwt117.00–117.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620101.00/cwt101.00–101.006261
Bulls—Medium and Large 164594.00/cwt94.00–94.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 174095.00/cwt95.00–95.007034
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,80968.72/cwt65.00–74.001,2439
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88841.64/cwt40.00–43.003703
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12345.73/cwt42.00–50.005148
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26353.01/cwt52.00–54.006704
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27747.70/cwt44.00–50.006096
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37045.00/cwt45.00–45.006171
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48551.00/cwt51.00–51.007571

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.