Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2026-03-02

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Mon, Mar 2
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 38▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 32▲ 33 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 $348.72/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 6 of 5 comparable sales and sits +29.01 against this barn's trailing median of $319.72.
Average price
$348.72
9 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,023
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−81.53
vs WV average
−72.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580348.722,0239thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
348.72
—
WV average2 barns · 165 hd
430.25
−81.53
National average181 barns · 13,944 hd
420.96
−72.24
This barn, trailing median5 sales
319.72
+29.01
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—Average1,820188.113,4245thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,360177.002,4072thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,147136.161,56211

Every lot

31 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430412.70/cwt395.00–430.001,7752
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6101
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2661
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,8232
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1351
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0441
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3161
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,7371
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2682
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2761
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2481
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4241
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6971
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7161
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9161
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1587346.69/cwt325.00–352.502,0358
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6341
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613340.74/cwt300.00–355.002,0894
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677291.15/cwt270.00–307.501,9713
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682324.90/cwt322.50–330.002,2163
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1397470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8662
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480392.14/cwt375.00–410.001,8822
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,5041
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,820188.11/cwt165.00–205.003,4245
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035126.06/cwt114.00–135.001,3054
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,211141.93/cwt136.00–150.001,7197
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,2751
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,420179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,5421

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.