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Preston Farmers Market

Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2021-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-01

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Tue, Jun 1

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876

← May 21Jun 1Jun 11 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 14▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 9▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Report for 5/29/2021

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	1,553	83.88	1,303	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	71.24	842	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,110	48.56	539	4thin

Every lot

6 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,553	83.88/cwt	71.00–91.00	1,303	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	329	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,167	53.08/cwt	51.00–56.50	619	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,182	71.24/cwt	70.00–72.50	842	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,063	1,071.76/cwt	950.00–1,200.00	11,393	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,000	1

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.

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Preston Farmers Market - Terra Alta, WV

Tue Jun 1, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 14Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 9Year ago 0

Report for 5/29/2021

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	35.00	35.00
3	—	1,167	51.00–56.50	53.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	70.00–72.50	71.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,553	71.00–91.00	83.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,063	950.00–1,200.00	1,071.76

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.