Weston Livestock Marketing Market Report

Weston, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, May 25, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	49	90	44
Feeder cattle	23	56	23
Slaughter cattle	20	34	21
Replacement cattle	6	—	0

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,230	-5.00
545	545	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,553	—
580	580	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,450	—
1040	1040	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,976	+37.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	200.00	$200.00	$450	—
855	855	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,454	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	225.00	$225.00	$608	-5.00
365–380	373	2	240.00–250.00	$245.10	$914	-7.37
410	410	1	230.00	$230.00	$943	-15.00
460 thin fleshed	460	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,242	—
530–540 thin fleshed	535	2	252.50–255.00	$253.74	$1,358	—
570	570	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,282	-15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	170.00	$170.00	$688	-30.00
660	660	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,287	—
855	855	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,539	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–470	463	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,158	—
710	710	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,420	—
830	830	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,660	—
1040	1040	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,612	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,045	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1165	1051	85-90%	8	122.50–131.00	$128.11	$1,346	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1420	1357	80-85%	3	127.50–137.50	$132.84	$1,803	—
1480	1480	80-85%	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,072	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–1665	1586	75-80%	4	132.00–134.00	$132.49	$2,101	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1925	1493	2	115.00–118.00	$116.07	$1,733	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,285.00	$2,285.00	—
975–1190	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,200.00–2,425.00	$2,299.17	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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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.