Sale reports / West Virginia / Preston Farmers Market / 2023-03-03

Preston Farmers Market

Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2023-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, Mar 3

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876

← Feb 17Mar 3Mar 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 18▼ 17 vs year ago 29 · −58.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 8▲ 16 vs year ago 5 · +320.0%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleWed Sep 30, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Slaughter cows selling for 1400.00/cwt and 1170.00/cwt deleted.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $171.00/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$171.00

7 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$89.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.64

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	440	203.00	893	1thin
Medium and Large 2	422	176.00	743	5thin
Small 1-2	765	114.00	872	1thin

One grade step is worth $89.00/cwt here — about $21 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 sale7 hd

171.00

—

WV average5 barns · 71 hd

148.36

+22.64

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	1,698	117.34	1,993	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,443	98.72	1,425	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,793	92.04	1,650	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,083	88.13	955	7thin

Every lot

19 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	477	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	156.22/cwt	155.00–157.50	750	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	775	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	335	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	570	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	360	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	648	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	893	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	450	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	788	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	530	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	981	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2Fleshy	765	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	872	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,685	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,887	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	120.01/cwt	119.00–121.00	2,046	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	685	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	596	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,122	84.34/cwt	74.00–90.00	946	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,177	92.30/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,086	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,410	101.96/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,438	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,468	96.29/cwt	85.00–107.00	1,414	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,793	92.04/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,650	2

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 Mar 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12Last week 18Year ago 29

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 8Year ago 5

Correction: Slaughter cows selling for 1400.00/cwt and 1170.00/cwt deleted.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,410	101.00–104.00	101.96
4	—	1,468	85.00–107.00	96.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,177	88.00–94.00	92.30
3	—	1,122	74.00–90.00	84.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,793	91.00–93.00	92.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	112.00	112.00
2	—	1,705	119.00–121.00	120.01

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	155.00	155.00
1	—	550	155.00	155.00
2	—	480	155.00–157.50	156.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	170.00	170.00
1	—	450	175.00	175.00
1	—	360	180.00	180.00
1	—	335	170.00	170.00
1	—	530	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	114.00	114.00

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.