Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2019-11-23

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 23
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 114▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 44▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 0▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slightly lower run compared to last reported with fewer feeders and more slaughter cattle. Feeder steers sold steady to slightly higher, feeder heifers and slaughter cattle sold steady. Slaughter hogs: $53-$65; feeder pigs: $55; Select 2 billies: $65-$150.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.91/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$130.91
27 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$775
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.40
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1592130.9177527
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale27 hd
130.91
—
WV average4 barns · 58 hd
126.51
+4.40
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—Average1,45471.241,03610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26253.026696thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,83548.008811thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13142.8048433

Every lot

23 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1475124.32/cwt117.50–131.005912
Steers—Medium and Large 1538135.00/cwt135.00–135.007263
Steers—Medium and Large 1586131.31/cwt131.00–132.0076916
Steers—Medium and Large 1673130.00/cwt130.00–130.008756
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1267103.31/cwt100.00–105.002763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310113.75/cwt112.50–115.003532
Heifers—Medium and Large 142595.12/cwt90.00–100.004042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495102.50/cwt102.50–102.505073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1547102.50/cwt102.50–102.505612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586109.00/cwt109.00–109.0063910
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318122.20/cwt110.00–135.003892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495122.50/cwt122.50–122.506061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520100.00/cwt100.00–100.005201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39374.50/cwt68.00–83.001,0388
Bulls——1,70058.18/cwt55.00–62.009892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11743.63/cwt40.00–48.0048718
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12954.74/cwt53.50–57.006186
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16133.19/cwt20.00–39.003859
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26253.02/cwt50.00–56.006696
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,83548.00/cwt48.00–48.008811
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,060760.00/cwt760.00–760.008,0561
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,350775.00/cwt775.00–775.0010,4631

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.