Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2020-12-19

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Dec 19
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 115 vs last sale 126▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 76▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Information supplied by stockyards

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.28/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$103.28
6 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.49
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574103.285926thin
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 sale6 hd
103.28
—
WV average3 barns · 84 hd
113.78
−10.49
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—Average1,34072.009651thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40051.897262thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07540.814392thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93030.162802thin

Every lot

10 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370137.50/cwt137.50–137.505091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413119.85/cwt115.00–125.004952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-248085.00/cwt85.00–85.004081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500117.50/cwt117.50–117.505881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-263587.50/cwt87.50–87.505561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,00090.00/cwt90.00–90.009001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,34072.00/cwt72.00–72.009651
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93030.16/cwt25.00–35.002802
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07540.81/cwt36.00–45.004392
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40051.89/cwt46.00–57.007262

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.