Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-07

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $188.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −43.84 against this barn's trailing median of $232.17.

Average price

$188.33

3 head · 362 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 3

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.79

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	360	210.00	756	1thin
Medium and Large 2	480	180.00	864	1thin
Medium 3	245	175.00	429	1thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $327 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

188.33

—

WV average3 barns · 56 hd

209.12

−20.79

This barn, trailing median2 sales

232.17

−43.84

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,626	99.13	1,612	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,369	91.00	1,246	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,297	62.96	816	9thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	658	167.53/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,102	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	360	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	245	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	429	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,404	89.87/cwt	82.00–98.00	1,262	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,090	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,090	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,626	99.13/cwt	93.00–104.00	1,612	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,313	67.95/cwt	61.00–78.00	892	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	23.00/cwt	23.00–23.00	268	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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