Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2025-11-01

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 1
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 161 vs last sale 259▲ 98 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 52▲ 44 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 $295.01/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −24.71 against this barn's trailing median of $319.72.
Average price
$295.01
12 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$368
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$53.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.91
vs WV average
−79.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542317.141,7207thin
Medium and Large 2512264.021,3525thin
One grade step is worth $53.12/cwt here — about $368 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale12 hd
295.01
—
WV average6 barns · 58 hd
305.91
−10.91
National average184 barns · 21,753 hd
374.89
−79.88
This barn, trailing median5 sales
319.72
−24.71
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—Average1,687163.632,7607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,318150.131,97813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,393140.521,9572thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,041129.661,34917

Every lot

39 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1491370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8173
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8721
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6782
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9222
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0682
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,115210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,3421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2386320.29/cwt300.00–330.001,2363
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430325.97/cwt320.00–330.001,4025
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2761
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483330.20/cwt300.00–355.001,59512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4851
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2512264.02/cwt250.00–300.001,3525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536316.66/cwt300.00–335.001,6976
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8561
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619267.72/cwt260.00–275.001,6574
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5501
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670248.77/cwt245.00–250.001,6674
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1190230.00/cwt230.00–230.004371
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2220195.00/cwt195.00–195.004291
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3691
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4532
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473376.16/cwt355.00–390.001,7796
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2402
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523319.90/cwt280.00–335.001,6735
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8271
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6241
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613275.98/cwt250.00–290.001,6925
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6081
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1677250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6934
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,687163.63/cwt145.00–177.002,7607
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%965115.17/cwt110.00–120.001,1114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048152.99/cwt151.00–155.001,6032
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,067130.69/cwt117.50–140.001,39411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293160.95/cwt157.00–166.002,0813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325146.89/cwt130.00–155.001,94610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,393140.52/cwt140.00–141.001,9572

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.