Sale reports / West Virginia / Preston Farmers Market / 2024-01-26

Preston Farmers Market

Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2024-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, Jan 26

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876

← Nov 17Jan 26Mar 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 16▲ 1 vs year ago 2 · +50.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 18▲ 9 vs year ago 1 · +900.0%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleWed Sep 30, 2026

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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 $130.00/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$130.00

2 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$451

per head · Medium 2 over Medium 3

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−43.78

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 2	365	135.00	493	1thin
Medium 3	755	125.00	944	1thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about −$451 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 sale2 hd

130.00

—

WV average3 barns · 13 hd

173.78

−43.78

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,442	93.59	1,350	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,293	92.25	1,193	7thin

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
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	320	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	488	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,251	86.28/cwt	76.00–96.00	1,079	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,349	100.20/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,352	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,442	93.59/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,350	3

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 Jan 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3Last week 16Year ago 2

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 18Year ago 1

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,349	96.00–105.00	100.20
4	—	1,251	76.00–96.00	86.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,442	91.00–97.00	93.59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	135.00	135.00

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.