Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2025-06-07

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Jun 7
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 58▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 18▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.71/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −16.01 against this barn's trailing median of $319.72.
Average price
$303.71
7 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$365
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.29
vs WV average
−34.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560321.341,8004thin
Medium and Large 2512280.201,4353thin
One grade step is worth $41.14/cwt here — about $365 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale7 hd
303.71
—
WV average5 barns · 41 hd
325.00
−21.29
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−34.53
This barn, trailing median5 sales
319.72
−16.01
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
337324311299median 319.7209/2610/0310/1010/1710/31
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,794211.933,8025thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,270178.742,2702thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,630155.002,5271thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,020143.301,4616thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,518$3,5462thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3651
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427357.15/cwt300.00–410.001,5253
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478372.59/cwt355.00–390.001,7812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6321
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658335.02/cwt330.00–340.002,2042
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1502
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290250.00/cwt250.00–250.007251
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0402
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0381
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425330.12/cwt320.00–340.001,4032
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472320.78/cwt305.00–340.001,5148
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2512280.20/cwt250.00–295.001,4353
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560321.34/cwt315.00–330.001,8004
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625292.90/cwt280.00–305.001,8312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7151
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7752
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215430.00/cwt430.00–430.009251
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2442310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3702
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3441
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8871
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513255.37/cwt230.00–280.001,3102
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1552342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8912
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8381
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8621
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9041
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1706285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0123
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4301
Feeder Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows550–600Medium and Large 1565310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,794211.93/cwt197.00–223.003,8025
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%855130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1121
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043141.83/cwt137.00–146.001,4794
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,7711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270178.74/cwt173.00–185.002,2702
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,630155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,5271
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5183,545.96/head3,500.00–3,600.003,5462

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.