Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2020-11-07

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 7
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 191▲ 91 vs year ago 115 · +79.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 52▼ 22 vs year ago 61 · −36.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Information collected by stockyards.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $118.82/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$118.82
71 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$723
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$25.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.34
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1645121.1478247
Medium 1300120.003601thin
Medium and Large 2519116.8460620
Medium 273795.157013thin
One grade step is worth $25.99/cwt here — about $80 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 sale71 hd
118.82
—
WV average4 barns · 414 hd
128.16
−9.34
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—Average1,90280.361,5285thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36753.417303thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23840.615034thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99632.023196thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 1300120.00/cwt120.00–120.003601
Steers—Medium and Large 2375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004502
Steers—Medium 2385108.00/cwt108.00–108.004161
Steers—Medium and Large 1413128.70/cwt122.00–135.005324
Steers—Medium and Large 1466141.45/cwt140.00–144.006598
Steers—Medium and Large 2475116.00/cwt116.00–116.005516
Steers—Medium and Large 2515124.01/cwt120.00–129.006397
Steers—Medium and Large 1517140.39/cwt131.00–145.0072612
Steers—Medium and Large 1580123.00/cwt123.00–123.007132
Steers—Medium and Large 1600112.00/cwt112.00–112.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 2634106.56/cwt100.00–111.006765
Steers—Medium and Large 1660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007923
Steers—Medium and Large 1700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007703
Steers—Medium and Large 1780107.50/cwt107.50–107.508391
Steers—Medium and Large 1800105.00/cwt105.00–105.008401
Steers—Medium 291388.73/cwt87.50–90.008102
Steers—Medium and Large 197590.00/cwt90.00–90.0087811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 231299.63/cwt90.00–105.003113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328111.71/cwt106.00–117.503664
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375105.00/cwt105.00–105.003944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431114.64/cwt106.00–120.004948
Heifers—Medium and Large 244090.00/cwt90.00–90.003966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475122.50/cwt122.50–122.505826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485105.00/cwt105.00–105.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530106.00/cwt106.00–106.005624
Heifers—Medium and Large 254090.00/cwt90.00–90.004862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575114.00/cwt114.00–114.006565
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590105.00/cwt105.00–105.006206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600106.00/cwt106.00–106.006362
Heifers—Medium and Large 262590.00/cwt90.00–90.005634
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2285140.00/cwt140.00–140.003991
Bulls—Medium 1313152.20/cwt145.00–160.004762
Bulls—Medium 2330128.00/cwt128.00–128.004221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375124.00/cwt124.00–124.004652
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400139.00/cwt139.00–139.005562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413147.73/cwt140.00–155.006104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475129.00/cwt129.00–129.006134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500142.00/cwt142.00–142.007103
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521124.16/cwt114.00–128.006477
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600111.00/cwt111.00–111.006662
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625105.00/cwt100.00–110.006564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675100.00/cwt100.00–100.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700103.00/cwt103.00–103.007212
Bulls—Medium and Large 281381.52/cwt80.00–83.006634
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,90280.36/cwt56.00–94.001,5285
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99632.02/cwt27.00–37.003196
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23840.61/cwt38.00–49.005034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36753.41/cwt50.00–57.007303

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.