Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $221.51/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −188.98 against this barn's trailing median of $410.48.

Average price

$221.51

10 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$784

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

$112.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.29

vs WV average

−42.51 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	680	232.79	1,582	9thin
Medium 2	665	120.00	798	1thin

One grade step is worth $112.79/cwt here — about $784 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

3 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $446.13, low $366.62, median $410.48 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

221.51

—

WV average3 barns · 45 hd

257.80

−36.29

National average150 barns · 6,369 hd

264.02

−42.51

This barn, trailing median3 sales

410.48

−188.98

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,448	123.10	1,783	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,207	106.50	1,285	10

Every lot, as filed

13 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 2-3	700–750	743	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	892	2
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	390	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	235.01/cwt	225.00–242.50	1,624	7
Steers	Medium 2	650–700	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,399	120.87/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,691	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,645	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,171	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	774	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,202	104.46/cwt	95.00–109.00	1,256	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,300	119.08/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,548	3

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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