Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-10

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.02/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −105.97 against this barn's trailing median of $468.99.

Average price

$363.02

22 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$950

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$181.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.99

vs WV average

−82.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	381.08	2,090	18thin
Medium and Large 2	593	309.00	1,832	3thin
Medium 1	570	200.00	1,140	1thin

One grade step is worth $181.08/cwt here — about $950 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale22 hd

363.02

—

WV average6 barns · 512 hd

395.01

−31.99

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−82.83

This barn, trailing median2 sales

468.99

−105.97

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	—	High	1,802	160.25	2,887	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,360	146.92	1,998	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,075	132.39	1,423	7thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,832	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	329.19/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,886	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	990	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	346.57/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	365	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	371.05/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,258	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,396	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	257.04/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,452	2
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	578	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	925	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	452.79/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,828	3
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	810	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,215	1
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	570	200.00/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	715	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	573	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,444	3
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	355	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	959	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,358	1
Bulls	—	—	1,110	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,443	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	785	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	152.54/cwt	152.00–153.00	2,094	2
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	138.79/cwt	125.00–145.00	1,548	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	423	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	486	434.39/cwt	416.00–450.00	2,111	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	537	408.57/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,194	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,389	138.49/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,924	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,040	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,288	1
Bulls	—	—	1,971	161.63/cwt	149.00–169.00	3,186	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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