Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last Spring Feeder sale this Saturday April 29, 2023

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −83.17 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$149.00

4 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

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

$30.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.00

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	605	156.67	948	3thin
Medium and Large 2	485	126.00	611	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.67/cwt here — about $337 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 sale4 hd

149.00

—

WV average6 barns · 903 hd

183.00

−34.00

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−83.17

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	1,895	98.88	1,873	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,401	72.48	1,015	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,152	59.67	687	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,392	135.00	1,879	1thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 1-2	—	205	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,041	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	942	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	485	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Bulls	—	—	1,886	97.86/cwt	73.00–128.00	1,846	7
Bulls	—	—	1,955	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	2,072	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,401	72.48/cwt	59.00–85.00	1,015	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	910	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	846	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,244	65.17/cwt	59.00–72.00	811	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,392	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,879	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	39.39/cwt	33.00–44.00	425	3

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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