Sale reports / West Virginia / Preston Farmers Market / 2021-06-18

Preston Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, Jun 18
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
7 vs last sale 3 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
6 vs last sale 10 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
4 vs last sale 1 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Report supplied by Market

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $88.67/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$88.67
3 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$458
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
28.47
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 251788.674583thin
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 sale3 hd
88.67
WV average4 barns · 57 hd
117.13
−28.47
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31462.1381614
CowsLean 85-90%Average95045.754352thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850110.00/cwt110.00–110.009351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050685.00/cwt685.00–685.007,1931
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2850800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,8001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,050793.00/cwt793.00–793.008,3273
BullsMedium and Large 235086.00/cwt86.00–86.003011
BullsMedium and Large 245090.00/cwt90.00–90.004051
BullsMedium and Large 275090.00/cwt90.00–90.006751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31462.13/cwt61.00–70.0081614
CowsLean 85-90%95045.75/cwt45.75–45.754352

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.