Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-26

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $98.50/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −110.83 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$98.50

4 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$444

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 3

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.43

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	475	101.00	480	3thin
Small 3	380	91.00	346	1thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $134 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.29, low $201.45, median $209.33 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

98.50

—

WV average3 barns · 23 hd

92.07

+6.43

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−110.83

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	—	Low	1,664	65.64	1,092	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,505	54.43	819	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,336	50.05	668	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,197	39.03	467	8thin

Every lot, as filed

12 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,665	51.78/cwt	50.00–53.00	862	2
Bulls	—	—	1,440	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,238	1
Bulls	—	—	1,885	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,376	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	36.78/cwt	31.00–40.00	426	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	587	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	50.77/cwt	47.00–55.00	680	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,313	45.77/cwt	45.50–46.00	601	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	616	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	60.35/cwt	60.00–61.00	934	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	53.74/cwt	50.00–56.50	811	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	480	3
Bulls	Small 3	—	380	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	346	1

How this sale compares

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.

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