Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $275.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −178.19 against this barn's trailing median of $453.94.

Average price

$275.75

4 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$490

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$101.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WV average

−27.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	301.00	1,680	3thin
Medium and Large 2	595	200.00	1,190	1thin

One grade step is worth $101.00/cwt here — about $490 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 sale4 hd

275.75

—

WV average1 barns · 4 hd

275.75

+0.00

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−27.16

This barn, trailing median2 sales

453.94

−178.19

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	1,653	155.14	2,565	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	132.99	1,766	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,207	91.34	1,102	8thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,085	$2,250	1thin

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	—	—	1,240	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,736	1
Bulls	—	—	2,140	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,895	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	312	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	980	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,176	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	134.43/cwt	118.00–156.00	1,838	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	970	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,357	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,526	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,811	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,329	105.59/cwt	90.00–118.00	1,403	5
Bulls	—	—	1,635	152.21/cwt	120.00–187.00	2,489	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	81.39/cwt	74.00–91.00	907	2

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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