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Weston Livestock Marketing

Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2025-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Feb 1

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879

← Jan 25Feb 1Feb 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 1▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 15▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −64.72 against this barn's trailing median of $319.72.

Average price

$255.00

2 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,473

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.16

vs WV average

−49.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	262.50	1,536	1thin
Medium and Large 2	570	247.50	1,411	1thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $125 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

255.00

—

WV average4 barns · 25 hd

263.16

−8.16

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−49.64

This barn, trailing median5 sales

319.72

−64.72

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $323.44, low $312.52, median $319.72 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	1,550	149.00	2,310	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,360	142.00	1,931	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,350	127.00	1,715	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,099	124.09	1,364	7thin

Every lot

19 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	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,121	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	287.50/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,279	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	262.58/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,247	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,411	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,536	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,531	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,344	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	337.28/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,410	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,466	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,097	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,550	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,310	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,072	114.99/cwt	107.50–121.00	1,233	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,119	130.92/cwt	122.00–138.00	1,465	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,848	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,350	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,715	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,400	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,016	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 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17Last week 1Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	247.50	247.50
1	600–650	625	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	655	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	285.00–290.00	287.50
2	450–500	475	260.00–265.00	262.58
1	550–600	585	262.50	262.50
2	600–650	625	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	418	325.00–350.00	337.28
1	550–600	575	255.00	255.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,072	107.50–121.00	114.99
4	—	1,119	122.00–138.00	130.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,400	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	149.00	149.00

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.