Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.47/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −131.70 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$100.47

17 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$377

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3

$16.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.67

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	655	104.55	685	11thin
Medium and Large 2	578	94.01	543	5thin
Small and Medium 3	350	88.00	308	1thin

One grade step is worth $16.55/cwt here — about $377 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 sale17 hd

100.47

—

WV average3 barns · 139 hd

124.15

−23.67

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−131.70

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	—	Low	1,742	58.57	1,020	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,376	56.70	780	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	23.28	233	3thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 and Large 2	—	525	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	864	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	350	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	901	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	796	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	600	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	431	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	865	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	707	1
Bulls	—	—	1,620	50.36/cwt	40.00–57.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	108.03/cwt	105.00–111.00	600	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,510	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	302	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4Thin Fleshed	—	250	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	85	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	57.54/cwt	44.00–73.00	802	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	934	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Non-Traditional	—	1,258	72.52/cwt	72.00–73.00	912	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	23.28/cwt	20.00–27.50	233	3
Bulls	—	—	1,985	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,489	1

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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