Sale reports / West Virginia / Preston Farmers Market / 2024-03-22

Preston Farmers Market

Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2024-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, Mar 22

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876

← Mar 15Mar 22Mar 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

44 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 50▲ 19 vs year ago 25 · +76.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 29▲ 9 vs year ago 10 · +90.0%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleWed Sep 30, 2026

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.52/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −129.72 against this barn's trailing median of $355.23.

Average price

$225.52

8 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$384

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

$71.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.34

vs WV average

−51.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	575	251.55	1,446	3thin
Medium 2	544	217.38	1,183	4thin
Small and Medium 1	590	180.00	1,062	1thin

One grade step is worth $71.55/cwt here — about $384 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale8 hd

225.52

—

WV average3 barns · 42 hd

245.85

−20.34

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−51.70

This barn, trailing median8 sales

355.23

−129.72

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

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.30, low $303.86, median $355.23 across 8 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	—	High	2,212	137.99	3,052	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,380	116.10	1,603	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,753	114.52	2,008	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,114	92.43	1,030	6thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,599	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,776	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	635	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,937	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,968	3
Steers	700–750	Medium 2	700	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,260	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,569	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,175	2
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1	470	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	964	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	495	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,163	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	510	212.52/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,084	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	251.55/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,446	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	578	222.23/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,284	2
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1	590	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,062	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,398	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	243.96/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,661	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium 2	375	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	900	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	430	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	946	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 2	555	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,166	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,359	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,083	122.97/cwt	120.00–129.00	2,561	2
Bulls	—	—	2,340	153.00/cwt	151.00–155.00	3,580	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	930	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	725	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	88.56/cwt	87.00–90.00	999	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,185	105.44/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,249	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,363	125.62/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,712	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,389	111.34/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,547	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,753	114.52/cwt	109.00–119.00	2,008	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 Mar 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 44Last week 50Year ago 25

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 29Year ago 10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,389	105.00–115.00	111.34
2	—	1,363	121.00–131.00	125.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,753	109.00–119.00	114.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	104.00–107.00	105.44
1	—	930	78.00	78.00
3	—	1,128	87.00–90.00	88.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,340	151.00–155.00	153.00
2	—	2,083	120.00–129.00	122.97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	205.00	205.00
1	550–600	590	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	250.00	250.00
3	550–600	575	245.00–260.00	251.55
2	600–650	608	230.00	230.00
5	650–700	681	235.00–250.00	243.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	235.00	235.00
2	500–550	510	210.00–215.00	212.52
2	550–600	578	210.00–235.00	222.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	635	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	533	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	588	302.00	302.00
1	600–650	625	265.00	265.00
3	650–700	667	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	555	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	500	255.00	255.00

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.