Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cow Sale October 30; Last special Graded Feeder sale for 2020 November 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $96.50/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −138.23 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$96.50

6 head · 834 lb average

Value per head Derived

$805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$251

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

$16.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.83

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	580	107.50	624	2thin
Medium and Large 2	962	91.00	875	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.50/cwt here — about −$251 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

5 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $248.69, low $227.72, median $234.73 across 5 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 sale6 hd

96.50

—

WV average5 barns · 647 hd

132.33

−35.83

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−138.23

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	1,614	52.74	851	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,245	45.52	567	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	43.00	628	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,132	35.56	403	20

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	90.50/cwt	90.00–91.00	455	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,122	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,021	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	369	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	44.70/cwt	40.00–55.00	602	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Non-Traditional	—	845	56.42/cwt	40.00–70.00	477	2
Bulls	—	—	1,614	52.74/cwt	42.00–64.00	851	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	33.24/cwt	20.00–43.00	387	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	628	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Non-Traditional	—	893	48.38/cwt	47.00–50.00	432	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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