Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*See Special Fat Cattle report*

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $88.89/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −120.44 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$88.89

9 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$623

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3-4

$21.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.90

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	703	93.75	659	4thin
Medium and Large 3	650	90.00	585	1thin
Medium and Large 2	718	87.67	630	3thin
Medium and Large 3-4	695	72.00	500	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.75/cwt here — about $158 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 sale9 hd

88.89

—

WV average5 barns · 135 hd

110.79

−21.90

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−120.44

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	—	High	1,288	79.96	1,030	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,420	62.30	884	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,795	62.00	1,113	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,171	44.37	520	15

Every lot, as filed

25 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	73.07/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,000	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	180	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	—	695	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	617	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Non-Traditional	—	1,220	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	870	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	645	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	568	1
Bulls	—	—	1,920	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	642	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,795	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	1,113	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,080	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,004	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,226	49.66/cwt	40.00–57.00	609	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	16.00/cwt	16.00–16.00	125	1
Bulls	—Non-Traditional	—	1,015	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	751	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	59.41/cwt	51.00–69.00	854	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Non-Traditional	—	1,315	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	927	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	34.92/cwt	22.00–40.00	396	4
Bulls	—	—	1,251	70.68/cwt	50.00–80.00	884	4

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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