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Weston Livestock Marketing

Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2025-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Aug 23

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879

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Feeder Cattle receipts

251 head

▲ 156 vs last sale 95▲ 27 vs year ago 224 · +12.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

46 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 27▼ 47 vs year ago 93 · −50.5%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleThu Sep 18, 2025

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.07/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −26.63 against this barn's trailing median of $386.70.

Average price

$360.07

30 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$563

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

$81.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.14

vs WV average

−39.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	381.92	2,120	22
Medium and Large 2	519	299.96	1,557	8thin

One grade step is worth $81.96/cwt here — about $563 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale30 hd

360.07

—

WV average4 barns · 101 hd

389.20

−29.14

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

−39.82

This barn, trailing median5 sales

386.70

−26.63

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	1,582	185.32	2,932	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,614	166.01	2,679	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	165.12	2,101	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	144.13	1,535	13

Every lot

46 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	230	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,035	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	915	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,235	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	424.80/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,559	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	388	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,950	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,380	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	450.32/cwt	405.00–480.00	1,896	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	422.04/cwt	350.00–460.00	2,005	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	299.96/cwt	275.00–345.00	1,557	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	389.20/cwt	350.00–420.00	2,043	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	375.86/cwt	355.00–410.00	2,180	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	356.62/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,207	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	627	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,351	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	348.21/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,378	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	353.90/cwt	325.00–367.50	2,580	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,769	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,816	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	423.98/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,314	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	362.05/cwt	335.00–390.00	1,398	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	342.57/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,620	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	358.87/cwt	345.00–372.50	1,848	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	308.31/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,628	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	326.35/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,841	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	607	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,109	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	314.39/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,978	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	314.98/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,085	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,331	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	484.93/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,552	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,692	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,650	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,716	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	307.50/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,799	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,044	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,645	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,766	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,582	185.32/cwt	170.00–193.00	2,932	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	121.06/cwt	119.00–123.00	1,150	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	148.33/cwt	135.00–155.00	1,611	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	157.84/cwt	154.00–163.00	1,981	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,302	177.26/cwt	175.00–179.00	2,308	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,548	166.68/cwt	159.00–173.00	2,580	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,810	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,968	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 Aug 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 251Last week 95Year ago 224

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 27Year ago 93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,582	170.00–193.00	185.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	164.00	164.00
3	—	1,548	159.00–173.00	166.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,086	135.00–155.00	148.33
2	—	950	119.00–123.00	121.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,255	154.00–163.00	157.84
3	—	1,302	175.00–179.00	177.26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	400	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	460	350.00	350.00
8	500–550	519	275.00–345.00	299.96
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	450.00	450.00
1	300–350	305	405.00	405.00
3	350–400	367	405.00–440.00	424.80
6	400–450	421	405.00–480.00	450.32
10	450–500	475	350.00–460.00	422.04
10	500–550	525	350.00–420.00	389.20
12	550–600	580	355.00–410.00	375.86
6	600–650	619	350.00–360.00	356.62
8	650–700	683	330.00–355.00	348.21
12	700–750	729	325.00–367.50	353.90
1	750–800	780	355.00	355.00
4	850–900	880	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	502.50	502.50
2	600–650	627	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
3	500–550	528	305.00–310.00	308.31
1	550–600	565	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	607	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	415.00–440.00	423.98
5	350–400	386	335.00–390.00	362.05
4	450–500	473	325.00–360.00	342.57
17	500–550	515	345.00–372.50	358.87
11	550–600	564	310.00–335.00	326.35
10	600–650	629	307.50–320.00	314.39
6	650–700	662	300.00–330.00	314.98
1	700–750	740	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	295.00–320.00	307.50
1	700–750	700	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	785	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	480.00–495.00	484.93
1	350–400	360	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	440	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	520	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	670	305.00	305.00

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.