Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2019-10-03

Weston Livestock Marketing

Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2019-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Thu, Oct 3

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1887

← Sep 19Oct 3Sep 10 →

Receipts

564 head

▼ 246 vs last sale 810▲ 564 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Oct 31, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Dryer than average conditions persist across West Virginia. Increasing pasture shortages reported. Some producers hauling water to stock.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.85/cwt on 243 head.

Average price

$125.85

243 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$588

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$69

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$4.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.92

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	415	129.35	537	68
Medium and Large 1	487	124.48	606	175

One grade step is worth $4.87/cwt here — about −$69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale243 hd

125.85

—

WV average8 barns · 831 hd

114.93

+10.92

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 lots · USDA AMS · Weston Livestock Marketing Special Graded Sale - 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	146.30/cwt	141.00–148.00	475	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	337	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	495	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	358	148.09/cwt	134.00–151.00	530	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	408	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	636	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	150.65/cwt	140.00–154.00	631	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	491	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	712	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	148.48/cwt	135.00–150.00	731	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	136.45/cwt	130.00–138.50	765	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	129.50/cwt	127.00–130.00	831	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	134.75/cwt	134.00–135.00	451	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	349	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	468	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	123.95/cwt	123.00–125.00	465	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	409	131.82/cwt	130.00–132.00	539	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	131.68/cwt	123.00–132.00	552	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	592	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	126.22/cwt	115.00–127.00	615	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	117.71/cwt	115.00–125.00	636	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	541	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	606	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	116.89/cwt	115.00–117.00	660	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	106.61/cwt	104.00–108.00	681	14

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Weston Livestock Marketing Special Graded Sale - Weston, WV

Thu Oct 3, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Receipts 564Last week 810Year ago 0

Dryer than average conditions persist across West Virginia. Increasing pasture shortages reported. Some producers hauling water to stock.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	491	145.00	145.00
13	—	337	147.00	147.00
12	—	408	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	492	135.00–150.00	148.48
4	—	325	141.00–148.00	146.30
24	—	642	127.00–130.00	129.50
54	—	561	130.00–138.50	136.45
38	—	419	140.00–154.00	150.65
13	—	358	134.00–151.00	148.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	485	122.00	122.00
33	—	409	130.00–132.00	131.82
4	—	541	112.00	112.00
18	—	349	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	487	115.00–127.00	126.22
46	—	419	123.00–132.00	131.68
36	—	565	115.00–117.00	116.89
14	—	639	104.00–108.00	106.61
12	—	335	134.00–135.00	134.75
5	—	540	115.00–125.00	117.71
2	—	375	123.00–125.00	123.95

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.