Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-27

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −102.84 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$129.33

3 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$862

per head · Medium 1 over Small and Medium 2

$120.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−83.89

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	570	191.00	1,089	1thin
Medium 2	525	126.00	662	1thin
Small and Medium 2	320	71.00	227	1thin

One grade step is worth $120.00/cwt here — about $862 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 sale3 hd

129.33

—

WV average8 barns · 1,336 hd

213.22

−83.89

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−102.84

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	1,745	106.65	1,861	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,377	86.18	1,187	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,930	82.00	1,583	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	59.85	636	9thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,725	110.00	1,898	2thin

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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,898	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	320	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	227	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	525	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	570	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,089	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	560	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	935	1
Steers	Medium 1	—	345	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	721	1
Bulls	—	—	1,713	116.47/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,995	2
Bulls	—	—	1,810	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,575	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	83.20/cwt	78.00–88.00	1,194	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	94.11/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,150	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,930	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,583	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	53.64/cwt	50.00–56.00	578	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	31.94/cwt	22.00–41.00	310	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	72.01/cwt	65.00–78.00	798	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	84.93/cwt	83.00–87.00	924	2

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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