Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2021-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.96/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$124.96

26 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$45

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

$55.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.36

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	482	137.02	660	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	474	118.92	564	4thin
Medium and Large 2	639	110.78	708	5thin
Medium and Large 3	860	82.00	705	2thin

One grade step is worth $55.02/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale26 hd

124.96

—

WV average4 barns · 144 hd

131.32

−6.36

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	1,343	86.47	1,161	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,420	67.00	951	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,145	52.00	595	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	662	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	423	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	860	82.00/cwt	80.00–84.00	705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,251	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	692	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	551	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4Thin Fleshed	—	250	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	78	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 4Thin Fleshed	—	220	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	73	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	152.32/cwt	140.00–157.00	804	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	116.49/cwt	116.00–117.00	827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	140.47/cwt	130.00–148.00	653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	126.84/cwt	120.00–134.00	410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	103.95/cwt	102.00–106.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	497	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	456	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	830	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	780	1
Bulls	—	—	1,445	84.96/cwt	69.00–93.00	1,228	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	951	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	595	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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