Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2020-02-15

Weston Livestock Marketing

Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2020-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Feb 15

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879

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Feeder Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 0▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.00/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$125.00

6 head · 406 lb average

Value per head Derived

$508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$49

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.18

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	370	130.00	481	3thin
Medium and Large 2	442	120.00	530	3thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale6 hd

125.00

—

WV average3 barns · 125 hd

115.82

+9.18

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,763	84.48	1,489	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	72.03	911	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,156	69.71	806	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,150	46.00	529	1thin

Every lot

14 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	546	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	436	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	481	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	534	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	677	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	747	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,763	84.48/cwt	74.00–98.00	1,489	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	72.88/cwt	58.00–83.00	816	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,150	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	529	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,151	65.98/cwt	58.00–69.00	759	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	76.04/cwt	75.00–78.00	924	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,233	79.85/cwt	75.00–85.00	985	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,415	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	849	1

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Weston Livestock Marketing - Weston, WV

Sat Feb 15, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Feeder CattleReceipts 20Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	120.00	120.00
1	—	600	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	145.00	145.00
1	—	475	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	147.50	147.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,763	74.00–98.00	84.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	60.00	60.00
3	—	1,215	75.00–78.00	76.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	75.00–85.00	79.85
8	—	1,151	58.00–69.00	65.98
3	—	1,120	58.00–83.00	72.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	46.00	46.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.