Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2023-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-20

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $197.39/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$197.39

36 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

per head · Medium 1 over Small and Medium 1

$48.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−49.80

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	542	208.43	1,130	14thin
Large 1	450	205.00	923	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	587	199.49	1,171	14thin
Medium 2	494	165.00	815	5thin
Small and Medium 1	540	160.00	864	1thin

One grade step is worth $48.43/cwt here — about $266 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 sale36 hd

197.39

—

WV average6 barns · 1,674 hd

247.18

−49.80

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	1,818	117.54	2,137	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,374	91.08	1,251	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,900	91.00	1,729	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,091	80.01	873	50
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,405	123.00	1,728	1thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,195	$1,683	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,311	$1,571	27
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,510	$1,485	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,280	$1,375	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,275	$1,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,352	$1,332	38
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,309	$1,249	15
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,056	$1,120	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,140	$1,100	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,170	$1,075	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,163	$1,008	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,186	$2,065	17
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$2,000	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,395	$1,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,130	$1,288	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,185	1thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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 1	—	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	455	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,206	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	838	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	—	550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium 1	—	575	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	978	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	983	3
Steers	Large 1	—	480	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	936	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	198.86/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,205	8
Steers	Medium 1	—	305	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	232	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	501	2
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	—	310	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	822	1
Steers	Medium 1	—	450	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	900	1
Steers	Medium 1	—	661	170.26/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,125	5
Steers	Large 1	—	420	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	903	1
Steers	Medium 1	—	518	237.37/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,230	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	410	242.32/cwt	235.00–250.00	994	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	220	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	341	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	725	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,051	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,398	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	560	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	924	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	530	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	954	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	1,395	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,185.00/head	1,185.00–1,185.00	1,185	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	950	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	850	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,185	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,195	1,019.46/head	975.00–1,060.00	1,019	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,219	2,173.77/head	2,000.00–2,425.00	2,174	15
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	950	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	1,485.00/head	1,485.00–1,485.00	1,485	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	1,234.61/head	1,035.00–1,375.00	1,235	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,450	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,170	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,354	1,440.49/head	1,250.00–1,575.00	1,440	16
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	925	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,368	1,303.80/head	1,075.00–1,575.00	1,304	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,083	1,352.31/head	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,352	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	950.87/head	925.00–975.00	951	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,082	1,083.39/head	950.00–1,190.00	1,083	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,470	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	985.00/head	985.00–985.00	985	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,035	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	860	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	910	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	985.00/head	985.00–985.00	985	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,165	1,035.00/head	1,035.00–1,035.00	1,035	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,205	1,110.00/head	1,110.00–1,110.00	1,110	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,330	1,917.59/head	1,600.00–2,300.00	1,918	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,414	1,371.86/head	1,100.00–1,675.00	1,372	29
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,030	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	850	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bulls	—	—	1,855	121.93/cwt	117.00–131.00	2,262	5
Bulls	—	—	1,781	113.15/cwt	104.00–116.00	2,015	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	733	55.90/cwt	51.00–61.00	410	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	795	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	867	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	98.64/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,386	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,900	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,729	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	71.76/cwt	65.00–75.00	738	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	86.04/cwt	81.00–93.00	1,164	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	81.80/cwt	76.00–87.00	937	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	95.02/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,200	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,405	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	213.29/cwt	210.00–220.00	550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	207.97/cwt	203.00–215.00	980	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	215	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	387	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	—	605	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,007	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	992	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1	—	540	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	498	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	793	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	845	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	234	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,037	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	919	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	425	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	490	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	735	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	870	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	825	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,361	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	327	197.46/cwt	195.00–200.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,171	4

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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