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Weston Livestock Marketing

Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2025-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Jan 11

● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879

← Dec 14Jan 11Jan 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 78 vs last sale 81▼ 25 vs year ago 28 · −89.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 42▼ 31 vs year ago 48 · −64.6%

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $235.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −151.70 against this barn's trailing median of $386.70.

Average price

$235.00

2 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs WV average

−107.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	235.00	1,316	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

235.00

—

WV average1 barns · 2 hd

235.00

+0.00

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−107.08

This barn, trailing median5 sales

386.70

−151.70

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $396.86, low $354.66, median $386.70 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,185	141.00	1,671	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,032	106.21	1,096	15

Every lot

5 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,316	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	792	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,185	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,671	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	967	95.73/cwt	85.00–104.00	926	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	113.19/cwt	105.00–127.00	1,217	9

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 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3Last week 81Year ago 28

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 42Year ago 48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	967	85.00–104.00	95.73
9	—	1,075	105.00–127.00	113.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	141.00	141.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	560	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	220.00	220.00

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.