Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2026-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-19

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.00/cwt on 1 head, down $53.94 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −85.36 against this barn's trailing median of $415.36.

Average price

$330.00

▼ 53.94 vs prior sale

1 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−77.53

vs WV average

−81.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	535	330.00	1,766	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.30, low $383.94, median $415.36 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

330.00

—

WV average4 barns · 99 hd

407.53

−77.53

National average169 barns · 9,451 hd

411.50

−81.50

This barn, trailing median4 sales

415.36

−85.36

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	1,829	218.16	3,990	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	175.99	1,883	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,408	161.78	2,278	8thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 1-2	600–650	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,379	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,030	1
Bulls	—	—	1,829	218.16/cwt	189.00–231.00	3,990	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,607	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	161.78/cwt	130.00–179.00	2,278	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	175.99/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,883	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	930	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,732	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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