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Weston Livestock Marketing Market Report

Weston, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, October 24, 2020

393 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $120.00/cwt ≈ $540/hd at 450 lb · 32 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $117.00/cwt -3.92 vs last sale · ≈ $526/hd at 450 lb · 20 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $130.00/cwt ≈ $714/hd at 549 lb · 16 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 393 608 323
Feeder cattle 277 512 242
Slaughter cattle 111 88 79
Replacement cattle 5 8 2

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
175 175 1 100.00 $100.00 $175 —
249 249 1 125.00 $125.00 $311 —
250 250 2 127.50 $127.50 $319 —
300–349 333 3 140.00–165.00 $157.48 $524 —
350 350 6 117.50 $117.50 $411 —
449 449 6 160.00 $160.00 $718 —
450 450 32 90.00–150.00 $120.00 $540 —
549 549 16 130.00 $130.00 $714 —
550 550 10 112.50 $112.50 $619 —
649 649 10 142.50 $142.50 $925 —
650 650 4 122.50 $122.50 $796 —
700–749 739 5 100.00–110.00 $101.89 $753 —
780 780 3 117.50 $117.50 $916 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1050 1050 1 92.50 $92.50 $971 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300 300 5 122.50 $122.50 $368 -1.05
375 375 10 122.50 $122.50 $459 -1.25
450 450 20 117.00 $117.00 $526 +17.00
525 525 10 110.00 $110.00 $578 +17.50
550 550 5 107.00 $107.00 $588 -3.00
650 650 6 110.00 $110.00 $715 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
275 275 4 100.00 $100.00 $275 -18.65
400 400 10 100.00 $100.00 $400 -17.50
500 500 10 100.00 $100.00 $500 -3.67
649 649 5 90.00 $90.00 $584 —
725 725 3 90.00 $90.00 $652 —
760 760 1 80.00 $80.00 $608 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
238 238 2 110.00 $110.00 $262 —
700 700 5 100.00 $100.00 $700 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300 300 3 142.50 $142.50 $428 -19.73
400 400 4 145.00 $145.00 $580 -2.32
475 475 10 145.00 $145.00 $689 +22.50
600 600 5 140.00 $140.00 $840 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200 200 1 117.50 $117.50 $235 —
300 300 3 120.00 $120.00 $360 —
425 425 3 110.00 $110.00 $468 —
525 525 5 115.00 $115.00 $604 —
625 625 6 110.00 $110.00 $688 —
705 705 1 100.00 $100.00 $705 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1000–1325 1174 80-85% 13 44.00–53.00 $47.93 $563 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
800–1150 967 85-90% 12 25.00–43.00 $35.89 $347 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1150–1450 1279 75-80% 10 54.00–64.00 $59.83 $765 +8.66

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1010–1500 1255 2 53.00–58.00 $55.99 $703 —
1800–1900 1850 2 65.00–75.00 $70.14 $1,298 —
2200 2200 1 88.00 $88.00 $1,936 —

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Bred Cows

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1100 1100 Young (2-4 yrs)1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo) 1 650.00 $650.00
Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1050 1050 Young (2-4 yrs)1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo) 1 500.00 $500.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1200 1200 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1,025.00 $1,025.00 —
1250 1250 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 800.00 $800.00 —

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.