Sale reports / West Virginia / South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange / 2023-10-11

South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Oct 11
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878
Feeder Cattle receipts
21 head
5 vs last sale 16 0 vs year ago 21 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
11 vs last sale 29 1 vs year ago 17 · +5.9%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleSat Apr 25, 2026Slaughter Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slow trading today with moderate buyer attendance. Slightly higher offering with an increase of sheep and goats. No market test on Feeders, Slaughter Cows trending $4 per cwt lower, Bulls sold steady. Piglets by the head up to $18.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.60/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 86.57 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.
Average price
$145.60
10 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$834
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$507
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$41.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
77.82
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1648156.001,0106thin
Medium and Large 2483145.007002thin
Small 1438115.005042thin
One grade step is worth $41.00/cwt here — about $507 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 sale10 hd
145.60
WV average5 barns · 1,278 hd
223.42
−77.82
This barn, trailing median2 sales
232.17
−86.57
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,570107.411,6863thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52281.501,2404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25367.448457thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98344.194344thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1485210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0191
BullsMedium and Large 1645185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1931
BullsMedium and Large 2550137.50/cwt137.50–137.507561
BullsMedium and Large 1670160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0721
HeifersMedium and Large 1448188.00/cwt188.00–188.008422
HeifersMedium and Large 2555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
HeifersMedium and Large 2410160.00/cwt160.00–160.006561
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy455155.00/cwt155.00–155.007051
HeifersMedium and Large 1840115.00/cwt115.00–115.009661
SteersMedium and Large 3565125.00/cwt125.00–125.007061
SteersMedium and Large 1625190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1881
HeifersSmall 1438115.00/cwt115.00–115.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 1780125.00/cwt125.00–125.009751
HeifersMedium and Large 1685160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0962
Bulls1,620111.12/cwt110.00–112.001,8002
Bulls1,470100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4701
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2141
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54780.66/cwt80.00–82.001,2483
CowsLean 85-90%1,09554.00/cwt54.00–54.005911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27877.24/cwt76.00–79.009872
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26057.73/cwt54.00–62.007272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23267.37/cwt65.00–71.008303
CowsLean 85-90%94540.92/cwt40.00–42.003873

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.