Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

See Board Sale as well.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.52/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −121.65 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$110.52

12 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$15.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.76

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	450	116.94	526	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	640	115.00	736	1thin
Medium and Large 3	472	101.92	481	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.01/cwt here — about $45 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 sale12 hd

110.52

—

WV average6 barns · 1,078 hd

140.28

−29.76

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−121.65

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	1,925	100.51	1,935	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,464	56.70	830	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,660	56.00	930	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,043	8.00	83	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 3	—	500	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	133.21/cwt	128.00–136.00	497	3
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	705	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	413	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4Thin Fleshed	—	385	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	347	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	390	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	785	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	278	112.81/cwt	101.00–124.00	314	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	567	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	16,448	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	14,950	1
Bulls	—	—	1,925	100.51/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,935	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,464	56.70/cwt	50.00–64.00	830	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	930	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	129	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	1.00/cwt	1.00–1.00	12	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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