Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Board Sale March 17, 2020

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −83.33 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$126.00

8 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 4

$50.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.81

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	453	137.20	622	5thin
Medium and Large 2	505	117.50	593	2thin
Medium 4	440	87.00	383	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.20/cwt here — about $239 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 sale8 hd

126.00

—

WV average3 barns · 83 hd

120.19

+5.81

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−83.33

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	1,633	73.38	1,198	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	49.03	626	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,179	35.32	416	10

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	—	1,633	73.38/cwt	73.00–74.00	1,198	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium 3-4	—	245	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	216	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	535	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	120.66/cwt	113.00–126.00	566	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	50.46/cwt	31.50–61.00	652	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	679	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	43.44/cwt	37.50–52.00	523	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	28.50/cwt	28.50–28.50	345	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	10.31/cwt	10.00–10.50	110	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	245	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	245	1
Bulls	Medium 4	—	440	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	383	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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