Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*See Fat Cattle Special*

*Feeder Cattle Board Sale next week*

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −119.67 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$112.50

1 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−53.29

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	555	112.50	624	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

112.50

—

WV average6 barns · 89 hd

165.79

−53.29

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−119.67

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	1,956	108.11	2,115	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,375	83.65	1,150	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,111	59.31	659	8thin

Every lot, as filed

7 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 3Thin Fleshed	—	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	624	1
Bulls	—	—	1,956	108.11/cwt	80.00–120.00	2,115	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,436	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	71.92/cwt	63.00–81.00	813	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	38.30/cwt	35.00–41.00	413	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	82.10/cwt	65.00–90.00	1,132	17

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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