Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2023-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Feeder Sale April 21, 2023*

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.14/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$155.14

7 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$827

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

$28.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−42.13

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	735	163.00	1,198	2thin
Medium and Large 2	502	157.33	789	3thin
Small and Medium 1-2	450	153.00	689	1thin
Medium and Large 3	275	135.00	371	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $827 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

155.14

—

WV average5 barns · 221 hd

197.28

−42.13

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	2,375	120.00	2,850	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,400	90.47	1,267	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	85.57	920	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,645	85.41	1,405	2thin

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
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,390	$1,250	1thin
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,100	$875	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,300	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	965	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	820	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium 1Fancy	—	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	655	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	546	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	450	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	275	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	371	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,198	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,100	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bulls	—	—	2,375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,850	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	106.03/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,442	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	87.36/cwt	81.00–95.00	1,230	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	85.57/cwt	73.00–92.00	920	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	85.41/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,405	2

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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