Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2022-11-19

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 19
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 47▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 35▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.10/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$116.10
16 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.82
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519133.756934thin
Medium and Large 2585110.2264512thin
One grade step is worth $23.53/cwt here — about $48 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 sale16 hd
116.10
—
WV average5 barns · 122 hd
128.92
−12.82
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—Average1,656100.341,6626thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,39583.001,1581thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52880.501,2302thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10567.797495thin

Every lot

21 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 1492155.00/cwt155.00–155.007632
Steers—Medium and Large 2635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322122.50/cwt122.50–122.503942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395112.00/cwt112.00–112.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445137.50/cwt137.50–137.506121
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513109.86/cwt102.00–117.505642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525132.50/cwt132.50–132.506961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1552132.50/cwt132.50–132.507312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580114.47/cwt113.00–117.506643
Heifers—Medium and Large 268095.00/cwt95.00–95.006461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2846102.50/cwt102.50–102.508673
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315117.50/cwt117.50–117.503701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425150.00/cwt150.00–150.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545105.00/cwt105.00–105.005721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,656100.34/cwt91.00–106.001,6626
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07262.65/cwt59.00–66.006723
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15575.49/cwt73.00–78.008722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1581
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2561
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1961

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.