Sale reports / West Virginia / Weston Livestock Marketing / 2024-09-19

Weston Livestock Marketing

Name: Weston Livestock Marketing livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Feeder Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Thu, Sep 19

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1887

← Sep 28Sep 19Sep 26 →

Receipts

694 head

▲ 430 vs last sale 264▼ 233 vs year ago 927 · −25.1%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Oct 31, 2026

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $259.11/cwt on 97 head.

Average price

$259.11

97 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$24.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.69

vs WV average

−7.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	261.87	1,477	86
Medium and Large 2	562	237.50	1,335	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.37/cwt here — about $142 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 sale97 hd

259.11

—

WV average7 barns · 486 hd

246.42

+12.69

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−7.53

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,061	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,163	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	280.37/cwt	260.00–302.50	1,208	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,277	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	283.65/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,407	54
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,335	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	261.87/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,477	86
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	207.01/cwt	201.00–212.50	1,321	53
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,333	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	213.12/cwt	212.50–215.00	1,560	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	348	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	774	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	961	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	993	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,035	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,161	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,122	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	208.57/cwt	200.00–212.50	1,168	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,022	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,272	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,241	9

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 Sep 19, 2024

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

Receipts 694Last week 264Year ago 927

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	407	236.00	236.00
31	450–500	494	235.00	235.00
4	500–550	503	223.00	223.00
35	550–600	560	200.00–212.50	208.57
23	600–650	636	200.00	200.00
9	650–700	653	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	348	222.50	222.50
35	400–450	418	237.50	237.50
25	450–500	493	210.00	210.00
6	550–600	568	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	345	307.50	307.50
23	400–450	419	277.50	277.50
16	450–500	493	259.00	259.00
11	550–600	562	237.50	237.50
2	650–700	650	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	431	260.00–302.50	280.37
54	450–500	496	270.00–287.50	283.65
86	550–600	564	256.00–265.00	261.87
53	600–650	638	201.00–212.50	207.01
8	700–750	732	212.50–215.00	213.12

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.