Sale reports / West Virginia / Preston Farmers Market / 2021-04-16

Preston Farmers Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, Apr 16
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 66▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 103 vs last sale 107▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This report covers non-feeder offering at the regular sale held along with the *Spring Feeder Special*. Feeder report can be found under: Preston Farmers Market - Special Graded Sale - Terra Alta, WV (Seasonal).

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
Bulls—Average1,68093.001,5621thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24360.207488thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66558.009662thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13955.946376thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage2,19163.781,3974thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,05894.329984thin

Every lot

12 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,05894.32/cwt80.00–102.009984
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,68093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,5621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%97052.00/cwt52.00–52.005041
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04859.63/cwt57.00–63.006253
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06566.00/cwt66.00–66.007031
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23052.24/cwt51.00–55.006433
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31860.60/cwt59.00–62.007996
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59062.00/cwt62.00–62.009861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74054.00/cwt54.00–54.009401
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice2,19163.78/cwt61.00–66.001,3974
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28551,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.008,6361
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0731,083.70/cwt760.00–1,275.0011,6283

This sale against other markets

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.