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

Weston Livestock Marketing

Feeder Cattle · Weston, West Virginia · Thu, Oct 3
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1887
Receipts
564 head
246 vs last sale 810 564 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleSat Aug 15, 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

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2415129.3553768
Medium and Large 1487124.48606175
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, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2491145.00/cwt145.00–145.007129
SteersMedium and Large 1492148.48/cwt135.00–150.0073158
SteersMedium and Large 1325146.30/cwt141.00–148.004754
SteersMedium and Large 1642129.50/cwt127.00–130.0083124
SteersMedium and Large 2337147.00/cwt147.00–147.0049513
SteersMedium and Large 2408156.00/cwt156.00–156.0063612
HeifersMedium and Large 2485122.00/cwt122.00–122.0059213
HeifersMedium and Large 2409131.82/cwt130.00–132.0053933
HeifersMedium and Large 2541112.00/cwt112.00–112.006064
HeifersMedium and Large 1487126.22/cwt115.00–127.0061560
SteersMedium and Large 1561136.45/cwt130.00–138.5076554
SteersMedium and Large 1419150.65/cwt140.00–154.0063138
SteersMedium and Large 1358148.09/cwt134.00–151.0053013
HeifersMedium and Large 2349134.00/cwt134.00–134.0046818
HeifersMedium and Large 1419131.68/cwt123.00–132.0055246
HeifersMedium and Large 1565116.89/cwt115.00–117.0066036
HeifersMedium and Large 1639106.61/cwt104.00–108.0068114
HeifersMedium and Large 1335134.75/cwt134.00–135.0045112
HeifersMedium and Large 1540117.71/cwt115.00–125.006365
HeifersMedium and Large 1375123.95/cwt123.00–125.004652

How this sale compares

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.