Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Low offering, no market test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $94.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −138.17 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$94.00

2 head · 280 lb average

Value per head Derived

$263

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−32.49

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	280	94.00	263	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

94.00

—

WV average3 barns · 312 hd

126.49

−32.49

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−138.17

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,652	55.49	916	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,194	55.41	661	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,075	21.33	229	3thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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 2	—	315	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,250	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,008	59.82/cwt	57.00–63.00	603	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	52.11/cwt	46.00–57.00	695	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	1,070	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	51.48/cwt	51.00–52.00	842	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	108	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	27.00/cwt	20.00–33.00	290	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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