Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2021-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Report supplied by Market*

Top Cow/calf pair $2650.00; Top Slaughter bull $100.00 cwt; top Slaughter cow $73.00 cwt; High demand for cow calf pairs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.55/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$119.55

19 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.33

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	497	119.55	595	19thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

119.55

—

WV average6 barns · 1,022 hd

130.88

−11.33

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,700	92.88	1,579	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	60.04	754	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	750	28.00	210	1thin

Every lot, as filed

15 lots · USDA AMS · Preston Farmers Market - Terra Alta, WV

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	473	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,239	1,042.09/cwt	878.75–1,060.30	12,911	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	1,411.97/cwt	1,250.00–1,500.00	16,704	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	1,540.42/cwt	1,485.00–2,650.00	20,565	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	750	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	210	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	60.04/cwt	52.00–62.00	754	47
Bulls	—	—	1,700	92.88/cwt	86.00–95.75	1,579	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	117.80/cwt	117.80–117.80	648	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	124.21/cwt	124.21–124.21	559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	125.80/cwt	125.80–125.80	818	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	114.22/cwt	114.22–114.22	400	4

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.

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