Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −129.17 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$103.00

3 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$31.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.12

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	535	124.00	663	1thin
Medium and Large 2	585	92.50	541	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.50/cwt here — about $122 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 sale3 hd

103.00

—

WV average4 barns · 74 hd

122.12

−19.12

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−129.17

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,980	97.16	1,924	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	67.32	833	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,197	47.50	568	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,339	120.50	1,613	6thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	715	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	694	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,152	83.33/cwt	81.00–86.00	960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	448	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,339	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,174	49.30/cwt	38.00–59.00	579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	672	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,310	38.50/cwt	38.50–38.50	504	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	64.12/cwt	50.00–72.00	804	15
Bulls	—	—	1,980	97.16/cwt	91.00–105.00	1,924	3

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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