Sale reports / West Virginia / Preston Farmers Market / 2025-05-09

Preston Farmers Market

Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2025-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, May 9

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876

← May 4May 9May 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 82▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 38 vs last sale 46▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleWed Sep 30, 2026

View

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $395.00/cwt on 4 head.

Average price

$395.00

4 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$365

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

$140.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+76.71

vs WV average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	500.00	2,500	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	593	360.00	2,135	3thin

One grade step is worth $140.00/cwt here — about $365 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 sale4 hd

395.00

—

WV average4 barns · 34 hd

318.29

+76.71

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	1,563	172.01	2,689	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,513	146.35	2,214	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,635	139.00	2,273	1thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,697	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,301	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	377	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,140	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	462	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,548	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	502	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,531	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,697	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,656	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,887	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	890	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,958	1
Heifers	950–1000	Small 1-2Fleshy	965	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,123	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 2	300	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	780	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	926	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,581	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,135	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	664	261.27/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,735	4
Bulls	750–800	Small 1Fleshy	760	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,710	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,976	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	843	239.97/cwt	230.00–250.00	2,023	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,180	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,505	166.01/cwt	162.50–169.00	2,498	2
Bulls	—	—	1,680	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	3,091	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,513	146.35/cwt	143.00–149.00	2,214	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,273	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 May 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 37Last week 82Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 46Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	162.50–169.00	166.01
1	—	1,680	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,513	143.00–149.00	146.35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	285.00	285.00
1	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	465	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	500	500.00	500.00
1	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
4	650–700	664	250.00–265.00	261.27
2	800–850	843	230.00–250.00	239.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	593	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	775	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	855	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	335.00	335.00
2	500–550	502	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	637	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	770	245.00	245.00
1	850–900	890	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	965	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	302.50	302.50
2	400–450	430	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	885	260.00	260.00

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.