Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2026-09-05

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Sat, Sep 5
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1879
Feeder Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 72▲ 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 37▲ 21 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 $318.92/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 3 of 5 comparable sales and sits −0.80 against this barn's trailing median of $319.72.
Average price
$318.92
5 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,856
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.76
vs WV average
−12.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582318.921,8565thin
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 sale5 hd
318.92
—
WV average2 barns · 7 hd
313.16
+5.76
National average157 barns · 5,611 hd
331.52
−12.60
This barn, trailing median5 sales
319.72
−0.80
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—Average1,494174.182,6024thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,410148.002,0871thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,255139.041,7452thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,100125.121,3768thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4632
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,1995
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,5691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1229423.57/cwt380.00–510.009704
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,0472
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330407.01/cwt375.00–440.001,3432
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330300.00/cwt300.00–300.009901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378367.45/cwt360.00–375.001,3892
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582318.92/cwt315.00–335.001,8565
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1393
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2471
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5533
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7421
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0601
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7251
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5771
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,494174.18/cwt155.00–197.002,6024
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100136.28/cwt128.00–158.001,4995
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100106.52/cwt91.00–115.001,1723
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255139.04/cwt137.00–141.001,7452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,0871

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.