Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2021-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder goats are family of 3 (nanny & 2 kids)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.01/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$124.01

22 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$154

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$38.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.37

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	472	129.31	611	10thin
Medium and Large 2	444	128.25	570	8thin
Small and Medium 1-2	618	113.50	701	2thin
Medium and Large 3	840	91.00	764	2thin

One grade step is worth $38.31/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale22 hd

124.01

—

WV average6 barns · 482 hd

127.37

−3.37

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	1,383	88.40	1,223	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	62.53	767	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,160	39.00	452	1thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	147.63/cwt	144.00–150.00	709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	500	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	430	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	465	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	132.37/cwt	127.00–140.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	540	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Bulls	—	—	1,383	88.40/cwt	68.00–97.00	1,223	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	810	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	452	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	62.53/cwt	56.00–72.00	767	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	768	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	575	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	840	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	540	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	205	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	272	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	660	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	147.61/cwt	146.00–151.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	652	2

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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