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Weston Livestock Marketing

Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2024-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Jan 27

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879

← Jan 13Jan 27Feb 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

37 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 28▲ 27 vs year ago 10 · +270.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 48▲ 11 vs year ago 17 · +64.7%

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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $230.62/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +42.71 against this barn's trailing median of $187.91.

Average price

$230.62

8 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,223

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$385

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

$39.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+46.59

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	240.41	1,326	6thin
Medium and Large 2	468	201.25	941	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.16/cwt here — about $385 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

230.62

—

WV average4 barns · 38 hd

184.02

+46.59

This barn, trailing median2 sales

187.91

+42.71

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,510	110.00	1,661	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	104.13	1,396	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	85.55	894	11

Every lot

16 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	465	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,349	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,557	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	732	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	236.72/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,132	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	976	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	445	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	890	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	490	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	992	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	521	239.36/cwt	227.50–275.00	1,247	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,554	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	660	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,386	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,011	75.70/cwt	65.00–84.00	765	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,053	90.92/cwt	87.00–101.00	957	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,269	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	97.78/cwt	86.00–105.00	1,286	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,385	115.24/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,596	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,661	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 Jan 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 37Last week 28Year ago 10

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 48Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	275.00	275.00
1	—	660	210.00	210.00
4	—	521	227.50–275.00	239.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	200.00	200.00
1	—	490	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	235.00–240.00	236.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	192.50	192.50
1	—	640	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	865	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,053	87.00–101.00	90.92
1	—	1,175	108.00	108.00
5	—	1,011	65.00–84.00	75.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,315	86.00–105.00	97.78
4	—	1,385	110.00–119.00	115.24

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.