Sale reports / West Virginia / Preston Farmers Market / 2023-10-13

Preston Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, Oct 13
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1874
Receipts
79 head
▼ 527 vs last sale 606▼ 596 vs year ago 675 · −88.3%
Also sold hereFeeder CattleFri Oct 2, 2026
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $198.51/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$198.51
44 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$954
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.31
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1473206.8097817thin
Medium and Large 1-2505194.0098015thin
Large 1502193.509715thin
Medium and Large 2433191.608307thin
One grade step is worth $15.20/cwt here — about $148 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 sale44 hd
198.51
—
WV average7 barns · 1,354 hd
221.82
−23.31
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

27 lots · USDA AMS · Preston Farmers Market Special Graded Sale - Terra Alta, WV
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1—505155.00/cwt155.00–155.007831
HeifersLarge 1—565205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1581
HeifersLarge 1—480202.50/cwt202.50–202.509723
HeifersMedium 1—600190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1401
HeifersMedium 1—503159.98/cwt155.00–165.008052
HeifersMedium 1—478214.07/cwt187.50–217.001,02310
SteersSmall and Medium 1—435239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,0401
SteersLarge 1—655217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,4251
SteersLarge 1—619194.68/cwt160.00–212.501,2053
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—522205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,07012
SteersLarge 1—722204.37/cwt200.00–207.501,4764
SteersLarge 1—380205.00/cwt205.00–205.007791
SteersMedium 1—523257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3443
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—375240.00/cwt240.00–240.009002
SteersLarge 1—527257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3542
HeifersMedium 1—375220.00/cwt220.00–220.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377200.00/cwt200.00–200.007542
HeifersMedium 1—425215.00/cwt215.00–215.009143
SteersMedium and Large 2—430236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,0152
SteersMedium and Large 2—472199.00/cwt199.00–199.009391
SteersMedium 1—333215.41/cwt160.00–270.007172
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428200.00/cwt200.00–200.008562
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474180.41/cwt135.00–202.508553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—437150.00/cwt150.00–150.006563
SteersLarge 1—472283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3361
SteersMedium 1—471241.41/cwt199.00–284.001,1376
SteersMedium 1—650217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4115

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.