Sale reports / West Virginia / Preston Farmers Market / 2020-04-17

Preston Farmers Market

Name: Preston Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-17

Feeder Cattle · Terra Alta, West Virginia · Fri, Apr 17

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1874

← Oct 18Apr 17Oct 7 →

Receipts

331 head

▲ 331 vs last sale 0▲ 331 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good demand and moderate receipts for the graded feeder special.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.74/cwt on 197 head.

Average price

$143.74

197 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$11

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

$7.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.54

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	147.81	790	87
Medium and Large 1	570	140.53	801	110

One grade step is worth $7.28/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale197 hd

143.74

—

WV average6 barns · 1,124 hd

140.20

+3.54

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

Every lot

33 lots · USDA AMS · Preston Farmers Market Special Graded Sale - 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	383	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	552	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	387	140.90/cwt	131.00–157.00	545	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	147.89/cwt	135.00–152.00	633	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	155.46/cwt	155.00–156.00	676	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	472	151.50/cwt	151.00–152.00	715	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	151.46/cwt	141.00–154.00	721	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	152.08/cwt	141.00–160.00	728	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	524	144.39/cwt	142.00–147.00	757	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	148.59/cwt	139.00–152.00	785	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	559	146.78/cwt	139.00–161.00	821	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	146.60/cwt	139.00–154.00	841	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	586	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	943	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	135.69/cwt	127.00–146.00	841	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	139.81/cwt	127.50–150.00	874	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	122.16/cwt	120.00–125.00	820	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	121.30/cwt	117.00–127.00	870	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	772	116.99/cwt	116.00–119.00	903	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	119.65/cwt	119.00–121.00	925	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	109.25/cwt	102.50–116.00	339	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	120.88/cwt	115.00–124.00	457	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	429	122.44/cwt	114.00–125.00	525	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	559	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	616	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	123.57/cwt	113.00–132.00	588	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	128.09/cwt	121.00–129.50	670	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	130.29/cwt	123.00–132.50	684	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	121.75/cwt	120.00–123.00	696	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	593	117.47/cwt	117.00–120.00	697	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	108.51/cwt	101.00–114.00	683	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	631	119.63/cwt	111.00–122.00	755	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	664	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	691	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	106.29/cwt	103.00–117.00	721	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	783	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 Special Graded Sale - Terra Alta, WV

Fri Apr 17, 2020

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

Receipts 331Last week 0Year ago 0

Good demand and moderate receipts for the graded feeder special.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	586	161.00	161.00
2	—	383	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	559	139.00–161.00	146.78
13	—	435	155.00–156.00	155.46
11	—	625	127.50–150.00	139.81
8	—	524	142.00–147.00	144.39
7	—	387	131.00–157.00	140.90
5	—	476	141.00–154.00	151.46
3	—	772	116.00–119.00	116.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	472	151.00–152.00	151.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	574	139.00–154.00	146.60
17	—	620	127.00–146.00	135.69
17	—	528	139.00–152.00	148.59
13	—	428	135.00–152.00	147.89
12	—	671	120.00–125.00	122.16
10	—	717	117.00–127.00	121.30
10	—	479	141.00–160.00	152.08
3	—	773	119.00–121.00	119.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	525	123.00–132.50	130.29
16	—	378	115.00–124.00	120.88
12	—	429	114.00–125.00	122.44
7	—	631	111.00–122.00	119.63
6	—	593	117.00–120.00	117.47
5	—	476	113.00–132.00	123.57
2	—	664	104.00	104.00
2	—	310	102.50–116.00	109.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	523	121.00–129.50	128.09
14	—	629	101.00–114.00	108.51
9	—	678	103.00–117.00	106.29
8	—	572	120.00–123.00	121.75
7	—	470	131.00	131.00
7	—	432	129.50	129.50
3	—	725	108.00	108.00

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.