Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

See South Branch Board sale for Load Lots results

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.31/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −99.42 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$135.31

8 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$490

per head · Small 2 over Medium and Large 3

$57.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−95.22

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 2	230	165.00	380	1thin
Medium 2	228	162.50	371	3thin
Medium and Large 3	809	107.50	869	4thin

One grade step is worth $57.50/cwt here — about −$490 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

5 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $248.69, low $227.72, median $234.73 across 5 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 sale8 hd

135.31

—

WV average6 barns · 520 hd

230.54

−95.22

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−99.42

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	—	Average	1,875	110.55	2,073	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,495	81.91	1,225	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,177	65.99	777	5thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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
Steers	Small 2	—	230	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	925	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,082	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	810	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	895	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	690	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	635	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	228	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	371	3
Bulls	—	—	1,875	110.55/cwt	104.00–115.00	2,073	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,565	97.87/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,532	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	68.99/cwt	51.00–80.00	852	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	510	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	678	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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