Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2024-02-10

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Feb 10
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 37▲ 17 vs year ago 24 · +70.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 28▼ 31 vs year ago 54 · −57.4%
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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 $216.71/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$216.71
13 head · 393 lb average
Value per head Derived
$853
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$284
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.39
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1412229.699459thin
Medium and Large 2353187.506614thin
One grade step is worth $42.19/cwt here — about $284 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 sale13 hd
216.71
—
WV average4 barns · 60 hd
227.10
−10.39
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,384103.171,4273thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08884.1491612

Every lot

22 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2385250.00/cwt250.00–250.009631
Steers—Medium and Large 1405315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2761
Steers—Medium and Large 2685235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2245190.00/cwt190.00–190.004661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280195.00/cwt195.00–195.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310170.00/cwt170.00–170.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320215.00/cwt215.00–215.006881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384237.04/cwt215.00–255.009106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440220.00/cwt220.00–220.009681
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3441
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2240245.00/cwt245.00–245.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305275.00/cwt275.00–275.008391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2004
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523274.50/cwt260.00–290.001,4364
Bulls—Medium and Large 1595230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3691
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3021
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98676.73/cwt73.00–80.007575
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16189.44/cwt84.00–101.001,0387
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,338100.25/cwt97.00–103.001,3412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,475109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,6081

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.