Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Weight class

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb bulls averaged $185.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$185.00

1 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,156

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−28.59

vs WV average

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	625	185.00	1,156	1thin

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

185.00

—

WV average4 barns · 22 hd

213.59

−28.59

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	1,829	130.37	2,384	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,700	117.00	1,989	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,297	111.34	1,444	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,117	87.97	983	8thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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 1-2	250–300	295	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,040	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	968	3
Bulls	—	—	1,923	145.06/cwt	143.00–147.00	2,790	2
Bulls	—	—	1,640	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,656	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	111.34/cwt	90.00–123.00	1,444	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,989	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	91.56/cwt	73.00–103.00	1,036	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	77.21/cwt	62.00–92.00	830	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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