Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2021-02-20

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Feb 20
● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▼ 31 vs year ago 35 · −88.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▼ 21 vs year ago 27 · −77.8%
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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 $108.33/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$108.33
3 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−1.67
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549108.335943thin
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 sale3 hd
108.33
—
WV average2 barns · 4 hd
110.00
−1.67
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—Average2,00084.001,6801thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,00056.955702thin

Every lot

5 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 · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-238092.50/cwt92.50–92.503521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633116.24/cwt115.00–117.507362
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-270092.50/cwt92.50–92.506481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,00084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,6801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00056.95/cwt52.00–63.005702

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.