Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $195.42/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$195.42

6 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$32.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.17

vs WV average

−41.95 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	660	222.50	1,469	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	651	190.00	1,238	5thin

One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about $231 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.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

195.42

—

WV average4 barns · 39 hd

224.59

−29.17

National average167 barns · 7,891 hd

237.37

−41.95

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	1,693	160.00	2,708	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,305	125.81	1,642	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,202	98.93	1,189	10

Every lot, as filed

14 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 and Large 3	700–750	715	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	934	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,215	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	506	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,114	1
Bulls	—	—	1,655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,317	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	577	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	125.81/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,642	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	103.48/cwt	84.00–120.00	1,268	9

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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