Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $91.75/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −140.42 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$91.75

16 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.14

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	564	103.00	581	7thin
Medium and Large 2	627	83.00	521	9thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $60 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 sale16 hd

91.75

—

WV average2 barns · 191 hd

117.89

−26.14

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−140.42

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	1,710	50.16	858	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,617	46.90	758	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,322	45.10	596	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,205	27.47	331	8thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	28.40/cwt	11.00–38.00	338	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	437	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	45.63/cwt	40.00–53.00	604	21
Bulls	—	—	1,613	58.24/cwt	57.00–60.00	939	2
Bulls	—	—	1,905	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	648	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,305	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	835	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	795	72.50/cwt	70.00–75.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	437	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,617	46.90/cwt	44.00–51.00	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	581	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	929	4

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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