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Weston Livestock Marketing

Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2025-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Dec 6

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879

← Nov 15Dec 6Jan 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

51 head

▼ 33 vs last sale 84▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 26▲ 25 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 $281.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −38.72 against this barn's trailing median of $319.72.

Average price

$281.00

5 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,491

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$56.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.06

vs WV average

−89.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	315.00	1,644	2thin
Medium and Large 2	536	258.33	1,386	3thin

One grade step is worth $56.67/cwt here — about $259 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 sale5 hd

281.00

—

WV average4 barns · 43 hd

309.06

−28.06

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−89.45

This barn, trailing median5 sales

319.72

−38.72

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	1,697	187.44	3,181	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	156.29	2,025	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	150.18	2,280	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	135.35	1,374	5thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,123	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,122	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,016	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	215	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	645	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,484	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	325.18/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,522	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,344	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,644	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,466	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,691	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,568	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,767	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,766	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,573	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	760	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,330	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	363.27/cwt	320.00–400.00	1,733	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,691	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	284.31/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,905	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,223	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,649	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,697	187.44/cwt	180.00–200.00	3,181	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,148	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,044	137.31/cwt	127.00–150.00	1,434	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,291	153.39/cwt	147.50–157.00	1,980	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,313	166.44/cwt	162.50–170.00	2,185	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,518	150.18/cwt	147.50–152.50	2,280	2

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 Dec 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 51Last week 84Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 26Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,697	180.00–200.00	187.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,291	147.50–157.00	153.39
2	—	1,313	162.50–170.00	166.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	147.50–152.50	150.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,044	127.00–150.00	137.31
1	—	900	127.50	127.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	430	345.00	345.00
3	450–500	468	320.00–335.00	325.18
2	500–550	522	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	615	275.00	275.00
4	650–700	693	255.00	255.00
2	750–800	785	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	517	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	575	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	615	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	850	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	310.00	310.00
3	300–350	341	390.00	390.00
8	450–500	477	320.00–400.00	363.27
2	600–650	615	275.00	275.00
5	650–700	670	270.00–300.00	284.31
1	750–800	780	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
3	550–600	566	375.00	375.00
3	600–650	615	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	695	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	240.00	240.00

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.