Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2021-06-19

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Jun 19
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 0▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Smaller run than last reported, smaller for all types of cattle, moderate demand. No test on feeders. Slaughter cattle lower by $10-$13 per cwt, all classes. Heiferettes; $72.5-$90.00/cwt. Baby calves; $$130-$275. Roasting pigs, $70/cwt; $115/hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.16/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$112.16
7 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.64
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560122.506861thin
Medium and Large 2559110.446186thin
One grade step is worth $12.06/cwt here — about $68 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 sale7 hd
112.16
—
WV average4 barns · 61 hd
124.80
−12.64
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—High1,847100.691,8607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18574.928884thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36571.009693thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01955.255636thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330155.00/cwt155.00–155.005122
Steers—Medium and Large 2507133.00/cwt133.00–133.006742
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400105.00/cwt105.00–105.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520107.31/cwt102.50–112.505582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560122.50/cwt122.50–122.506861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590105.00/cwt105.00–105.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2663119.00/cwt118.00–120.007892
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428113.34/cwt110.00–117.504853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-254590.00/cwt90.00–90.004911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645120.00/cwt120.00–120.007741
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,818108.52/cwt108.00–109.001,9732
Bulls——1,85997.56/cwt89.00–107.001,8145
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93552.56/cwt51.00–54.004912
Cows—Lean 85-90%96839.87/cwt38.00–42.003862
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15573.31/cwt68.00–79.008472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18574.92/cwt72.00–79.008884
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36571.00/cwt69.00–72.009693
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2965700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,7551
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0531,118.76/cwt1,000.00–1,250.0011,7812

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.