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Weston Livestock Marketing

Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2023-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Feb 18

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879

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Feeder Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 24▼ 16 vs year ago 39 · −41.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 33 vs last sale 54▼ 3 vs year ago 24 · −12.5%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleThu Sep 18, 2025

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.50/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$157.50

8 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$22.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.88

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	166.00	891	5thin
Medium and Large 2	348	143.33	499	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.67/cwt here — about $393 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 sale8 hd

157.50

—

WV average5 barns · 76 hd

151.62

+5.88

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,815	90.00	1,634	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,600	85.00	1,360	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,147	78.76	903	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,473	76.17	1,122	4thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	270	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	540	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	628	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,117	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	332	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	481	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	450	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	743	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,064	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	957	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	372	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	822	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	776	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	545	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,104	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	565	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,031	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,634	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	805	59.84/cwt	55.00–65.00	482	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,198	80.51/cwt	74.00–86.00	965	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,235	88.90/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,098	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	81.84/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,162	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,515	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,364	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,535	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	783	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,600	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,360	1

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Weston Livestock Marketing - Weston, WV

Sat Feb 18, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Feeder CattleReceipts 23Last week 24Year ago 39

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 54Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	332	145.00	145.00
1	—	380	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	145.00	145.00
1	—	450	165.00	165.00
2	—	575	185.00	185.00
1	—	425	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	200.00	200.00
1	—	405	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	202.50	202.50
2	—	372	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	182.50	182.50
1	—	470	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,420	80.00–84.00	81.84
1	—	1,535	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	805	55.00–65.00	59.84
10	—	1,198	74.00–86.00	80.51
2	—	1,235	88.00–90.00	88.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	85.00	85.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.