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Preston Farmers Market

Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2024-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, Mar 15

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876

← Mar 8Mar 15Mar 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 0▲ 34 vs year ago 16 · +212.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 0▲ 18 vs year ago 11 · +163.6%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleWed Sep 30, 2026

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.67/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −115.60 against this barn's trailing median of $412.26.

Average price

$296.67

6 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$3.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.51

vs WV average

−19.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	298.33	1,740	3thin
Medium and Large 2	500	295.00	1,475	3thin

One grade step is worth $3.33/cwt here — about $265 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

296.67

—

WV average4 barns · 92 hd

310.18

−13.51

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

−19.40

This barn, trailing median4 sales

412.26

−115.60

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.27, low $365.19, median $412.26 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	Low	2,060	143.31	2,952	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	119.33	1,492	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	113.00	1,627	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,138	99.38	1,131	11

Every lot

38 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	200	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	400	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	275	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	756	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,347	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,475	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	590	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,814	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	605	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,392	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,863	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,660	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	272	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	687	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	780	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,025	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,024	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,122	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,111	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	513	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,359	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	949	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	657	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,643	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	944	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,246	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,404	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	264.71/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,363	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,221	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 3	810	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,377	1
Bulls	950–1000	Small 2	985	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,330	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,990	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	2,189	1
Bulls	—	—	2,095	159.97/cwt	159.00–161.00	3,351	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	910	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,274	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	980	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	931	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	983	78.65/cwt	73.00–85.00	773	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,285	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,111	106.06/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,178	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	118.78/cwt	101.00–131.00	1,497	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,315	91.21/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,199	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,627	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,750	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,258	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.

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

Preston Farmers Market - Terra Alta, WV

Fri Mar 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 50Last week 0Year ago 16

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 0Year ago 11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,260	101.00–131.00	118.78
1	—	1,750	129.00	129.00
1	—	980	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	983	73.00–85.00	78.65
4	—	1,111	104.00–108.00	106.06
3	—	1,315	88.00–93.00	91.21
2	—	1,080	118.00–120.00	118.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,990	110.00	110.00
2	—	2,095	159.00–161.00	159.97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	265.00	265.00
4	650–700	657	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	458	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	195.00	195.00
1	500–550	520	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	272	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	590	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	200.00	200.00
2	400–450	438	307.50	307.50
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	630	270.00	270.00
6	650–700	675	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	605	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	500	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	985	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	185.00	185.00
1	800–850	810	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	295.00	295.00
2	400–450	445	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	468	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	515	255.00–275.00	264.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	250.00	250.00

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.