Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Only Graded cattle reported

Next Feeder Sale 10/17/25

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.87/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −106.54 against this barn's trailing median of $474.42.

Average price

$367.87

100 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$48.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.44

vs WV average

−54.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	557	374.91	2,087	64
Large 1	560	372.61	2,086	18thin
Medium and Large 2	556	343.82	1,911	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	326.67	1,827	6thin

One grade step is worth $48.25/cwt here — about $260 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale100 hd

367.87

—

WV average4 barns · 207 hd

374.31

−6.44

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−54.78

This barn, trailing median1 sales

474.42

−106.54

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

66 lots · USDA AMS · Preston Farmers Market Special Graded Sale - 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,724	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	377.55/cwt	320.00–390.00	1,438	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,716	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,332	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	317.07/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,817	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,123	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	329.26/cwt	290.00–340.00	1,860	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,937	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	375.02/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,598	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,756	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,096	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,758	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,046	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,919	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,721	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,343	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,818	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,748	4
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	574	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,923	4
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	2
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	415	405.30/cwt	400.00–411.00	1,682	2
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Large 1	600–650	607	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,979	3
Bulls	Large 1	500–550	533	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,919	2
Steers	Large 1	450–500	488	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,255	5
Steers	Large 1	400–450	429	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,051	4
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	550	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,815	5
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	326	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,532	4
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	420	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,848	2
Steers	Large 1	350–400	378	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,814	3
Steers	Large 1	600–650	624	345.80/cwt	320.00–349.00	2,158	9
Steers	Large 1	500–550	536	399.62/cwt	310.00–430.00	2,142	8
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	432	474.60/cwt	450.00–478.00	2,050	8
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	3
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	579	350.22/cwt	320.00–351.00	2,028	38
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	2
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	730	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,117	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	477	450.29/cwt	435.00–466.00	2,148	6
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	620	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,176	27
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	478	458.51/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,192	27
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	524	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,154	26
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	384	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,843	9
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	671	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,315	8
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	616	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,002	13
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	425	404.90/cwt	300.00–415.00	1,721	11
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	378	401.70/cwt	335.00–411.00	1,518	8
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	528	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,808	32
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	571	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,913	27
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	481	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,948	20
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	341	387.36/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,321	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,209	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,710	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,306	6
Steers	Large 1	650–700	672	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,285	5
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	524	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,769	5
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	480	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,872	5
Steers	Large 1	550–600	579	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,032	10

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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