Sale reports / West Virginia / Preston Farmers Market / 2023-11-17

Preston Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, Nov 17
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876
Feeder Cattle receipts
16 head
8 vs last sale 8 9 vs year ago 7 · +128.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
3 vs last sale 21 11 vs year ago 7 · +157.1%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleFri Apr 17, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Similar head run compared to last week with a lower offering of Slaughter Cattle made up by gains in Feeders. No test on Feeders, Slaughter Cows selling steady today. Feeder Pigs, $20-$32.50 per cwt; Slaughter Hogs selling up to $90.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $200.36/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$200.36
14 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,012
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$298
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium 1
$17.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.52
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2350215.007532thin
Medium 1531197.921,05112thin
One grade step is worth $17.08/cwt here — about −$298 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 sale14 hd
200.36
WV average5 barns · 431 hd
216.88
−16.52
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
BullsAverage1,442130.651,8843thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,77794.571,6804thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35794.321,2804thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06372.177675thin
SteersSelectAverage1,56074.001,1541thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54398.83/cwt96.00–102.001,5252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17089.82/cwt84.00–96.001,0512
SteersSelect1,56074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1541
CowsLean 85-90%1,26595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2021
CowsLean 85-90%73035.00/cwt35.00–35.002561
CowsLean 85-90%1,10776.95/cwt60.00–87.008523
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,00385.83/cwt83.00–88.001,7192
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,550103.30/cwt99.00–107.001,6012
Bulls1,442130.65/cwt128.00–134.001,8843
SteersMedium 1400205.00/cwt205.00–205.008201
HeifersMedium and Large 2760155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1781
SteersMedium and Large 2350215.00/cwt215.00–215.007532
SteersMedium 1300170.00/cwt170.00–170.005101
SteersMedium 1567200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,13410

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.