Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-31

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $105.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −104.33 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$105.00

3 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$37.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.42

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	117.50	573	2thin
Medium and Large 2	725	80.00	580	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale3 hd

105.00

—

WV average4 barns · 81 hd

97.58

+7.42

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−104.33

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	—	High	1,929	84.47	1,629	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,455	62.42	908	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,228	58.36	717	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,135	42.96	488	8thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	—	1,748	91.48/cwt	90.00–92.50	1,599	2
Bulls	—	—	2,068	84.93/cwt	83.00–86.50	1,756	2
Bulls	—	—	1,970	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,517	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	67.51/cwt	65.00–70.00	878	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	59.87/cwt	55.00–62.00	918	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	50.43/cwt	46.00–54.00	624	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	40.47/cwt	36.00–45.00	446	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	576	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	904	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	56.70/cwt	50.00–61.00	706	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	265	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	359	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	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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