Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Moderate attendance but trade firm, lower overall offering but gains in Slaughter Cattle run. No market test on feeders. Slaughter Cows steady for higher dressing types, Lean Cows $6 per cwt higher. Bulls steady to $7 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb bulls averaged $225.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −202.14 against this barn's trailing median of $427.14.

Average price

$225.00

1 head · 380 lb average

Value per head Derived

$855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−46.86

vs WV average

What quality paid 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	380	225.00	855	1thin

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

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

225.00

—

WV average2 barns · 21 hd

271.86

−46.86

This barn, trailing median1 sales

427.14

−202.14

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	—	Low	1,970	132.12	2,603	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,489	113.58	1,691	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,200	104.71	1,257	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	81.41	883	14

Every lot, as filed

12 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	87.57/cwt	73.00–99.00	925	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	49.45/cwt	32.00–67.00	519	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	104.13/cwt	93.00–110.00	1,212	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	113.58/cwt	108.00–120.00	1,691	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	92.10/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,142	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,120	102.09/cwt	91.00–115.00	1,143	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	111.60/cwt	100.00–118.00	1,442	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	104.03/cwt	96.00–109.00	1,218	16
Bulls	—	—	2,210	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	2,475	1
Bulls	—	—	1,890	138.83/cwt	130.00–144.00	2,624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	656	1

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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