Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Sheep & Goat Sale July 7th take in from 7am-1pm

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −128.17 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$104.00

3 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$33.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.14

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	595	115.00	684	2thin
Medium and Large 3	695	82.00	570	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about $114 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 sale3 hd

104.00

—

WV average2 barns · 92 hd

133.14

−29.14

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−128.17

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	1,545	76.87	1,188	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	69.20	861	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	63.46	897	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	49.78	575	9thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	115.00/cwt	113.00–117.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	695	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	570	1
Bulls	—	—	1,545	76.87/cwt	70.00–86.00	1,188	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	64.58/cwt	60.00–70.00	830	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,203	78.03/cwt	75.00–81.00	939	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	63.46/cwt	60.00–67.00	897	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	52.00/cwt	40.00–61.00	613	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	812	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	310	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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