Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2025-09-13

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Sep 13
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
302 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 251▲ 302 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 46▲ 47 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 $339.31/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 6 of 5 comparable sales and sits +19.60 against this barn's trailing median of $319.72.
Average price
$339.31
33 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,917
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.69
vs WV average
−29.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564348.071,96425
Medium and Large 2568311.971,7718thin
One grade step is worth $36.10/cwt here — about $193 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 sale33 hd
339.31
—
WV average5 barns · 182 hd
343.00
−3.69
National average171 barns · 13,169 hd
368.34
−29.03
This barn, trailing median5 sales
319.72
+19.60
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—Average1,793179.693,2228thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,310148.001,9392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,282145.211,86214
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,155134.531,55313

Every lot

59 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,7101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,9011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360492.90/cwt420.00–520.001,7744
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5391
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418494.30/cwt460.00–512.502,0663
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480462.52/cwt445.00–480.002,2208
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528410.77/cwt385.00–460.002,16911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568371.19/cwt340.00–395.002,1088
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0771
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619362.83/cwt345.00–380.002,2464
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675420.11/cwt325.00–667.002,8369
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4841
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738347.51/cwt345.00–350.002,5652
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775314.03/cwt300.00–322.502,4343
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2783242.62/cwt230.00–255.001,9002
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840323.33/cwt320.00–330.002,7163
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928314.16/cwt312.50–317.502,9156
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1950332.50/cwt332.50–332.503,1592
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,035295.00/cwt295.00–295.003,0532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1233376.82/cwt350.00–415.008783
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245295.00/cwt295.00–295.007231
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0591
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1307400.16/cwt385.00–415.001,2283
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310300.00/cwt300.00–300.009301
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376424.43/cwt400.00–460.001,59611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1971
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439385.98/cwt350.00–430.001,69410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4261
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472371.62/cwt340.00–400.001,75419
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6171
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533359.49/cwt330.00–370.001,91610
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573312.96/cwt270.00–327.501,7937
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585340.45/cwt325.00–345.001,99215
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618318.48/cwt315.00–320.001,96810
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675304.78/cwt295.00–325.002,0573
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8753
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1832233.17/cwt225.00–250.001,9403
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1935230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,1091
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340521.43/cwt450.00–595.001,7732
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1392456.60/cwt440.00–470.001,7903
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4881
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431464.42/cwt450.00–495.002,0025
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0861
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525393.33/cwt345.00–455.002,06512
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574351.92/cwt340.00–365.002,0207
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633322.28/cwt305.00–360.002,0406
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1681306.66/cwt300.00–320.002,0886
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8721
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2750250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8751
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9231
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,793179.69/cwt169.00–190.003,2228
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,153123.55/cwt110.00–133.001,4256
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,156143.95/cwt137.00–160.001,6647
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265128.47/cwt127.00–130.001,6252
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285148.00/cwt135.00–156.001,90212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,310148.00/cwt147.00–149.001,9392

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.