Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Sale this Saturday October 15

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $94.04/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −115.29 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$94.04

13 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$16

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

$35.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−45.91

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	398	117.50	468	3thin
Medium and Large 2	630	105.00	662	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	604	88.50	534	4thin
Medium and Large 3	550	82.20	452	5thin

One grade step is worth $35.30/cwt here — about $16 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 sale13 hd

94.04

—

WV average5 barns · 217 hd

139.95

−45.91

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−115.29

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	1,636	82.68	1,353	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	70.00	1,092	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	67.15	843	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,214	44.20	536	3thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 2-3	—	720	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	730	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	401	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	437	1
Bulls	—	—	1,671	85.56/cwt	79.00–95.00	1,430	7
Bulls	—	—	1,515	72.59/cwt	65.00–78.00	1,100	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	474	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	45.80/cwt	43.00–48.00	569	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	67.15/cwt	53.00–76.00	843	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,092	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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