Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Board Sale postponed until next Wednesday February 17, 2021*

* Fat Cattle Sale next Wednesday February 17, 2021*

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.67/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −124.51 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$107.67

9 head · 427 lb average

Value per head Derived

$459

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.46

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	417	114.00	475	5thin
Medium 2	470	101.67	478	3thin
Small 2	345	94.00	324	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $151 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 sale9 hd

107.67

—

WV average2 barns · 46 hd

116.13

−8.46

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−124.51

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	1,895	78.72	1,492	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,330	47.61	633	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,135	33.00	375	2thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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 1-2	—	417	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	475	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	572	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	22.00/cwt	22.00–22.00	259	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	482	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	47.61/cwt	40.00–55.00	633	2
Bulls	—	—	1,895	78.72/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	536	1
Heifers	Small 2	—	345	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	324	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	585	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	240	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	900	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	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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