Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2022-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-08

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.00/cwt on 4 head.

Average price

$118.00

4 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$140

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

$29.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

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	315	134.00	422	1thin
Medium and Large 2	800	116.50	932	2thin
Medium and Large 3	535	105.00	562	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about −$140 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 sale4 hd

118.00

—

WV average1 barns · 4 hd

118.00

+0.00

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	1,898	116.27	2,207	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,300	93.77	1,219	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,735	90.00	1,562	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,012	79.15	801	11

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,195	$1,110	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	705	$1,225	1thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	940	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	422	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 4Thin Fleshed	—	655	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	459	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	605	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	526	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 4Thin Fleshed	—	855	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	710	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 4Thin Fleshed	—	745	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,195	1,110.00/head	1,110.00–1,110.00	1,110	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	705	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bulls	—	—	1,898	116.27/cwt	114.00–119.00	2,207	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	680	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	204	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	900	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	900	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	99.87/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,183	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	91.05/cwt	85.00–101.50	1,259	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,562	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	84.07/cwt	76.00–90.00	879	10

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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