Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next sale January 8, 2025

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $195.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −200.34 against this barn's trailing median of $395.34.

Average price

$195.00

1 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,024

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−55.03

vs WV average

−89.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	195.00	1,024	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

195.00

—

WV average5 barns · 216 hd

250.03

−55.03

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−89.95

This barn, trailing median5 sales

395.34

−200.34

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	—	Average	1,389	118.73	1,649	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	118.00	1,151	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	104.95	1,394	5thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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%	—	975	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,151	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	104.95/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,394	5
Bulls	—	—	1,473	119.47/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,760	5
Bulls	—	—	970	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	600–650	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	731	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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