Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-09

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −58.42 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$173.75

4 head · 457 lb average

Value per head Derived

$793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$343

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−42.24

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	492	180.00	886	3thin
Medium and Large 2	350	155.00	543	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $343 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

173.75

—

WV average4 barns · 151 hd

215.99

−42.24

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−58.42

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	—	High	1,972	120.00	2,366	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,713	125.56	2,151	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,378	101.56	1,399	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,153	87.34	1,007	6thin

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	—	488	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	878	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	370	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	964	1
Bulls	—	—	2,305	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	3,227	1
Bulls	—	—	1,870	105.60/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,975	2
Bulls	—	—	1,928	122.94/cwt	120.00–125.00	2,370	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,320	88.50/cwt	88.00–89.00	1,168	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,713	125.56/cwt	125.00–126.00	2,151	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	57.99/cwt	55.00–61.00	606	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	115.53/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,265	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	94.03/cwt	87.00–101.00	1,284	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,396	112.31/cwt	103.00–120.00	1,568	7

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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