Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

See South Branch board sale for telo-auciton results

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.64/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −108.53 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$123.64

5 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$49.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.73

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	425	133.56	568	4thin
Medium and Large 3-4	515	84.00	433	1thin

One grade step is worth $49.56/cwt here — about $135 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 sale5 hd

123.64

—

WV average6 barns · 686 hd

135.37

−11.73

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−108.53

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	1,823	88.84	1,620	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,625	75.06	1,220	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	62.09	791	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	35.28	388	6thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%Non-Traditional	—	1,240	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	992	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Non-Traditional	—	1,625	75.06/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,220	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	61.14/cwt	54.00–69.00	773	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	431	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	44.84/cwt	33.00–55.00	469	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	30.50/cwt	26.00–34.00	343	4
Bulls	—	—	1,823	88.84/cwt	74.00–104.00	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	—	515	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	130.74/cwt	123.00–143.00	628	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	116.09/cwt	110.00–122.00	590	2

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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