Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

For results of Board Sale see SBV Board sale

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $93.68/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −115.65 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$93.68

3 head · 423 lb average

Value per head Derived

$397

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$378

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium 4

$65.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.21

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	470	115.52	543	2thin
Medium 4	330	50.00	165	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.52/cwt here — about $378 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

93.68

—

WV average4 barns · 52 hd

101.89

−8.21

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−115.65

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	2,040	85.89	1,752	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,538	55.01	846	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	825	20.00	165	1thin

Every lot, as filed

6 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 4	—	330	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	165	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	115.52/cwt	115.00–116.00	543	2
Bulls	—	—	2,040	85.89/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,752	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,538	55.01/cwt	54.00–56.00	846	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	502	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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