Sale reports / West Virginia / Preston Farmers Market / 2022-05-27

Preston Farmers Market

Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2022-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, May 27

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876

← May 20May 27Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 17▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 19▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleWed Sep 30, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nannie goats with kids at side range from $285-$320 per family

Feeder pigs weighing 50# range from $25-$120

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.44/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$146.44

10 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$829

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$401

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

$32.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.74

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	584	149.71	875	9thin
Medium and Large 2	405	117.00	474	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.71/cwt here — about $401 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

146.44

—

WV average5 barns · 113 hd

139.70

+6.74

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	1,965	109.00	2,142	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,455	90.78	1,321	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	90.00	999	1thin

Every lot

9 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
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	474	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	151.56/cwt	140.00–154.00	855	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	913	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	613	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	814	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	867	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,965	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	2,142	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	999	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,455	90.78/cwt	76.00–107.00	1,321	6

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Preston Farmers Market - Terra Alta, WV

Fri May 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20Last week 17Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 19Year ago 0

Nannie goats with kids at side range from $285-$320 per family

Feeder pigs weighing 50# range from $25-$120

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,455	76.00–107.00	90.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,965	109.00	109.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	564	140.00–154.00	151.56
3	—	625	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	155.00	155.00
2	—	615	141.00	141.00
1	—	430	142.50	142.50

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.