Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $90.04/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −142.13 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$90.04

10 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$17.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.50

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	523	92.07	481	6thin
Medium and Large 2	383	91.00	348	3thin
Medium and Large 3	395	75.00	296	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.07/cwt here — about $185 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 sale10 hd

90.04

—

WV average3 barns · 123 hd

110.54

−20.50

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−142.13

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	1,728	58.81	1,016	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	52.00	780	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,304	46.47	606	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,114	36.98	412	10

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	296	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	942	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,652	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,265	660.49/cwt	635.00–685.00	8,355	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	84.67/cwt	79.00–90.00	279	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	521	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	260	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,142	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	81.14/cwt	62.00–97.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	394	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	10,755	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,155	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	8,254	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,580	982.22/cwt	960.00–1,000.00	15,519	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	6,275	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	796.53/cwt	685.00–875.00	9,463	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,990	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	8,244	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	12,169	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	81.45/cwt	75.00–88.00	574	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	588	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	780	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	46.47/cwt	40.00–53.00	606	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	38.60/cwt	30.00–47.00	428	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	347	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	344	1
Bulls	—	—	1,728	58.81/cwt	56.00–61.50	1,016	4

How this sale compares

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