Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2026-06-20

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Jun 20
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 29▲ 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 15▲ 30 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 $332.51/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 6 of 5 comparable sales and sits +12.79 against this barn's trailing median of $319.72.
Average price
$332.51
8 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.48
vs WV average
−79.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541337.511,8276thin
Medium and Large 2553317.501,7542thin
One grade step is worth $20.01/cwt here — about $73 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 sale8 hd
332.51
—
WV average4 barns · 16 hd
355.99
−23.48
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−79.00
This barn, trailing median5 sales
319.72
+12.79
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—Average1,904224.994,2846thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,535180.502,7712thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,278172.752,20811
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,096152.961,6767thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1481
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588453.73/cwt450.00–455.002,6684
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,8171
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2131
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,8881
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,0342
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325350.00/cwt340.00–360.001,1382
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428375.61/cwt360.00–390.001,6082
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6752
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6641
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562338.76/cwt337.50–342.501,9044
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8431
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3651
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733318.27/cwt315.00–325.002,3333
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,4561
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420430.24/cwt410.00–440.001,8073
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464445.05/cwt430.00–460.002,0654
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8601
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9241
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2691
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567390.26/cwt340.00–440.002,2135
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1071
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,904224.99/cwt215.00–242.504,2846
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085159.28/cwt156.00–162.001,7283
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100140.95/cwt140.00–142.001,5503
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250178.70/cwt173.00–183.002,2346
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,312165.61/cwt158.00–170.002,1735
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,4271
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,675187.00/cwt187.00–187.003,1321

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.