Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-24

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $220.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −175.34 against this barn's trailing median of $395.34.

Average price

$220.00

1 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,221

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.75

vs WV average

−44.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	220.00	1,221	1thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.80, low $356.75, median $395.34 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

220.00

—

WV average4 barns · 46 hd

245.75

−25.75

National average157 barns · 8,958 hd

264.63

−44.63

This barn, trailing median5 sales

395.34

−175.34

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	—	High	1,699	146.56	2,491	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,331	128.35	1,708	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,441	124.12	1,789	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,186	100.32	1,190	11

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	920	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,187	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	126.24/cwt	114.00–139.00	1,699	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	107.57/cwt	95.00–122.00	1,281	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	87.64/cwt	63.00–100.00	1,032	4
Bulls	—	—	1,940	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,550	1
Bulls	—	—	1,620	133.55/cwt	129.00–137.00	2,164	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,089	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	900–950	900	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	203	232.53/cwt	230.00–235.00	472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	230.80/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,115	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	423	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	195	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	1
Bulls	—	—	1,698	147.85/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,510	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	143.88/cwt	139.00–148.00	2,043	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	124.12/cwt	110.00–135.00	1,789	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	745	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,322	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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