Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.99/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −85.18 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$146.99

11 head · 434 lb average

Value per head Derived

$638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$464

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium 3

$42.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.66

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	510	160.00	816	4thin
Medium 2	405	143.24	580	6thin
Medium 3	300	117.50	353	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $464 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 sale11 hd

146.99

—

WV average6 barns · 614 hd

197.66

−50.66

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−85.18

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,665	90.00	1,499	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	81.97	976	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	972	74.75	726	9thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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 2	—	555	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	768	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	816	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	330	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	503	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	375	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	460	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	564	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	422	148.81/cwt	132.50–157.50	628	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	300	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	353	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,499	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,010	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,121	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	925	98.14/cwt	87.00–106.00	908	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	73.36/cwt	64.00–82.00	791	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	42.43/cwt	39.00–45.00	352	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	77.82/cwt	71.00–81.00	946	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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