Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2023-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-04

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $180.33/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$180.33

6 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$676

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

$64.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.33

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	325	208.50	678	3thin
Medium and Large 2	558	156.25	871	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	940	144.00	1,354	1thin

One grade step is worth $64.50/cwt here — about −$676 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 sale6 hd

180.33

—

WV average5 barns · 66 hd

193.66

−13.33

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	1,970	133.00	2,620	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,398	98.55	1,378	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,270	71.83	912	3thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	691	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	940	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	770	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	692	1
Bulls	—	—	1,970	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	2,620	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,047	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	87.74/cwt	79.00–95.00	1,025	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,475	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	590	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,442	99.81/cwt	91.00–109.00	1,439	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,322	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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