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Weston Livestock Marketing

Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2024-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Feb 24

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879

← Feb 17Feb 24Mar 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 8▼ 6 vs year ago 19 · −31.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 18▲ 0 vs year ago 18 · +0.0%

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 $208.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +20.84 against this barn's trailing median of $187.91.

Average price

$208.75

4 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,456

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$415

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

$32.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.02

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	743	225.00	1,671	2thin
Medium and Large 2	653	192.50	1,256	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about $415 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 sale4 hd

208.75

—

WV average4 barns · 84 hd

227.77

−19.02

This barn, trailing median2 sales

187.91

+20.84

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	1,786	129.55	2,314	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,311	105.20	1,379	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	87.29	951	7thin

Every lot

15 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	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	305.12/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,596	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	300	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	705	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	999	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	900	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,305	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,668	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	615	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,199	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	690	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,311	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	910	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,456	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,786	129.55/cwt	123.00–137.50	2,314	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	91.63/cwt	89.00–94.00	942	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,136	84.04/cwt	82.00–87.00	955	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,298	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	116.89/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,508	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,405	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,180	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 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13Last week 8Year ago 19

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 18Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	195.00	195.00
1	—	690	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	290.00	290.00
1	—	910	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	235.00	235.00
1	—	300	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	300.00–310.00	305.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	325.00	325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,786	123.00–137.50	129.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	84.00	84.00
1	—	1,260	103.00	103.00
2	—	1,290	115.00–119.00	116.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,028	89.00–94.00	91.63
4	—	1,136	82.00–87.00	84.04

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.