Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $250.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −203.94 against this barn's trailing median of $453.94.

Average price

$250.00

1 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,338

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−39.22

vs WV average

−68.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	535	250.00	1,338	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

250.00

—

WV average4 barns · 17 hd

289.22

−39.22

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−68.29

This barn, trailing median2 sales

453.94

−203.94

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	1,693	133.38	2,258	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,980	114.00	2,257	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,303	98.28	1,280	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,083	94.85	1,027	5thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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 2	250–300	295	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,021	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	643	1
Bulls	—	—	1,693	133.38/cwt	118.00–146.00	2,258	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,505	109.05/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,641	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	940	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,166	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,980	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	2,257	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	97.56/cwt	76.00–107.00	1,024	4

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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