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Preston Farmers Market

Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, Oct 10

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1876

← Oct 3Oct 10Oct 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

84 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 62▲ 52 vs year ago 32 · +162.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 43▼ 7 vs year ago 33 · −21.2%

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 $363.02/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −49.24 against this barn's trailing median of $412.26.

Average price

$363.02

22 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$950

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$181.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.99

vs WV average

−82.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	381.08	2,090	18thin
Medium and Large 2	593	309.00	1,832	3thin
Medium 1	570	200.00	1,140	1thin

One grade step is worth $181.08/cwt here — about $950 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 sale22 hd

363.02

—

WV average6 barns · 512 hd

395.01

−31.99

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−82.83

This barn, trailing median4 sales

412.26

−49.24

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	—	High	1,802	160.25	2,887	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,360	146.92	1,998	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,075	132.39	1,423	7thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	365	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,533	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	423	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,703	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,396	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,728	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	486	434.39/cwt	416.00–450.00	2,111	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,048	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	537	408.57/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,194	11
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	570	200.00/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,140	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	329.19/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,886	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,832	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,837	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	371.05/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,258	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	355	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	959	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	346.57/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,490	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,828	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	257.04/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,452	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	573	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,444	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	578	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	925	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	715	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,716	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,425	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium 1	810	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,215	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	452.79/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,970	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,260	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,224	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	990	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,436	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,110	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,443	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,358	1
Bulls	—	—	1,971	161.63/cwt	149.00–169.00	3,186	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	835	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	785	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,040	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,288	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	138.79/cwt	125.00–145.00	1,548	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,373	152.54/cwt	152.00–153.00	2,094	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,389	138.49/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,924	10

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 Oct 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 84Last week 62Year ago 32

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 43Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	440.00–465.00	452.79
1	500–550	530	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	630	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	655	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	560	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	680	180.00	180.00
1	950–1000	990	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	593	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	345.00	345.00
2	400–450	423	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	480	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	525	390.00	390.00
6	550–600	573	327.50–332.50	329.19
1	800–850	835	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	420.00	420.00
3	400–450	423	402.50	402.50
11	450–500	486	416.00–450.00	434.39
11	500–550	537	407.50–420.00	408.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	200.00–210.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	565	240.00–275.00	257.04
1	750–800	770	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	355.00–375.00	371.05
1	350–400	350	320.00	320.00
3	400–450	430	342.50–355.00	346.57
1	450–500	485	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	505	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	578	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	490	250.00	250.00
3	550–600	573	252.00	252.00
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	715	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	810	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	185.00	185.00
1	—	1,110	130.00	130.00
4	—	1,971	149.00–169.00	161.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	94.00	94.00
6	—	1,115	125.00–145.00	138.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	152.00–153.00	152.54
10	—	1,389	133.00–145.00	138.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	220.00	220.00

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.