Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Board Feeder Cattle sale; see South Branch Board sale for report

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $95.74/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −136.43 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$95.74

23 head · 744 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$65.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.01

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	488	126.40	616	10thin
Medium and Large 2	550	93.00	512	1thin
Medium 1-2	978	71.41	698	10thin
Medium 2	990	70.00	693	1thin
Small and Medium 1-2	925	61.00	564	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.40/cwt here — about $52 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 sale23 hd

95.74

—

WV average3 barns · 101 hd

119.76

−24.01

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−136.43

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	1,693	62.55	1,059	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,350	50.00	675	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,296	43.43	563	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,137	30.83	350	23

Every lot, as filed

21 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	493	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	512	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	36.52/cwt	21.00–46.00	436	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	653	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	675	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	17.82/cwt	10.00–29.00	180	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	925	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	1,058	74.30/cwt	70.00–80.00	786	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	990	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	693	1
Bulls	—	—	1,693	62.55/cwt	51.00–68.50	1,059	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	43.27/cwt	31.00–52.00	561	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	447	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	780	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	890	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	516	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	940	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	973	81.51/cwt	81.00–82.00	793	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	1,023	63.09/cwt	56.00–70.00	645	2

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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