Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2021-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-06

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $83.08/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$83.08

6 head · 428 lb average

Value per head Derived

$355

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

per head · Small and Medium 1-2 over Small and Medium 4

$80.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.22

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1-2	398	120.00	478	2thin
Medium and Large 2	590	116.00	684	1thin
Large 4	455	51.50	234	1thin
Medium 4	330	51.00	168	1thin
Small and Medium 4	395	40.00	158	1thin

One grade step is worth $80.00/cwt here — about $320 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 sale6 hd

83.08

—

WV average5 barns · 93 hd

108.30

−25.22

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	1,897	87.36	1,657	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,442	59.94	864	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	39.92	430	4thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,442	59.94/cwt	54.00–63.50	864	5
Bulls	—	—	1,897	87.36/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,657	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	49.16/cwt	46.00–51.50	546	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	30.67/cwt	24.00–35.00	320	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,563	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,565	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	16,980	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	7,363	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 4Thin Fleshed	—	495	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	198	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4Thin Fleshed	—	630	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	353	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4Thin Fleshed	—	325	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	153	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	460	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	253	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	684	1
Bulls	Large 4Thin Fleshed	—	455	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	234	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 4Thin Fleshed	—	395	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	158	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	398	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	478	2
Bulls	Medium 4	—	330	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	168	1

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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