Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2022-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nannie goats with kids at side range from $285-$320 per family

Feeder pigs weighing 50# range from $25-$120

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.44/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$146.44

10 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$829

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$401

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

$32.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.74

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	584	149.71	875	9thin
Medium and Large 2	405	117.00	474	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.71/cwt here — about $401 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 sale10 hd

146.44

—

WV average5 barns · 113 hd

139.70

+6.74

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	1,965	109.00	2,142	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,455	90.78	1,321	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	90.00	999	1thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	999	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	90.78/cwt	76.00–107.00	1,321	6
Bulls	—	—	1,965	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	151.56/cwt	140.00–154.00	855	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	913	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	814	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	613	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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →