Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $180.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −252.05 against this barn's trailing median of $432.05.

Average price

$180.00

2 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

per head · Medium 1 over Medium 2

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−52.05

vs WV average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	525	210.00	1,103	1thin
Medium 2	560	150.00	840	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $263 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

180.00

—

WV average4 barns · 30 hd

232.05

−52.05

This barn, trailing median1 sales

432.05

−252.05

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	1,838	151.58	2,785	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,835	138.00	2,532	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,479	112.80	1,669	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,211	103.64	1,255	17

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1	500–550	525	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	605	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	475	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,112	1
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	250	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	580	1
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	660	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	785	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,374	1
Bulls	Medium 2	950–1000	965	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	315	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium 1	700–750	710	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,189	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,429	110.60/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,580	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,526	123.60/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,886	5
Bulls	—	—	1,855	153.15/cwt	145.00–160.00	2,841	2
Bulls	—	—	2,055	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,699	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,338	112.10/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,500	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	102.08/cwt	94.00–114.00	1,215	10
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,538	93.52/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,438	2
Bulls	—	—	1,585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,902	1
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	90.27/cwt	87.00–93.00	903	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,835	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,532	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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