Sale reports / West Virginia / Preston Farmers Market / 2023-03-03

Preston Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, Mar 3
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876
Feeder Cattle receipts
12 head
6 vs last sale 18 17 vs year ago 29 · 58.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
13 vs last sale 8 16 vs year ago 5 · +320.0%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleFri Apr 17, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Slaughter cows selling for 1400.00/cwt and 1170.00/cwt deleted.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $171.00/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$171.00
7 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$810
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$89.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.64
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2440203.008931thin
Medium and Large 2422176.007435thin
Small 1-2765114.008721thin
One grade step is worth $89.00/cwt here — about $21 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 sale7 hd
171.00
WV average5 barns · 71 hd
148.36
+22.64
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
BullsAverage1,698117.341,9933thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,44398.721,4257thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,79392.041,6502thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08388.139557thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,410101.96/cwt101.00–104.001,4383
CowsLean 85-90%1,17792.30/cwt88.00–94.001,0863
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,79392.04/cwt91.00–93.001,6502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46896.29/cwt85.00–107.001,4144
CowsLean 85-90%1,12284.34/cwt74.00–90.009463
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed68587.00/cwt87.00–87.005961
Bulls1,685112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,8871
Bulls1,705120.01/cwt119.00–121.002,0462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500155.00/cwt155.00–155.007751
BullsMedium and Large 2435170.00/cwt170.00–170.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 2385124.00/cwt124.00–124.004771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550155.00/cwt155.00–155.008531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480156.22/cwt155.00–157.507502
BullsMedium and Large 2450175.00/cwt175.00–175.007881
BullsMedium and Large 2360180.00/cwt180.00–180.006481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440203.00/cwt203.00–203.008931
BullsMedium and Large 2335170.00/cwt170.00–170.005701
BullsMedium and Large 2530185.00/cwt185.00–185.009811
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy765114.00/cwt114.00–114.008721

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.