Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

November 4 Bred Cow and Heifer Sale

Final Special Graded Feeder Sale for 2022 November 12, 2022

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.74/cwt on 216 head.

Average price

$137.74

216 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 3

$44.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.65

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	542	144.50	783	114
Medium and Large 1-2	725	134.92	978	32
Medium 2	410	131.00	537	1thin
Medium and Large 2	514	130.90	673	62
Small 1-2	668	106.00	708	2thin
Medium and Large 3	545	100.40	547	5thin

One grade step is worth $44.10/cwt here — about $236 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale216 hd

137.74

—

WV average5 barns · 790 hd

148.39

−10.65

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Special Graded Sale - 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	—	462	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	702	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	836	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	822	8
Heifers	Medium 1	—	733	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	990	5
Heifers	Medium 1	—	410	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	578	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	884	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	360	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	513	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,293	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	176.33/cwt	151.00–180.00	838	8
Steers	Small 1	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,011	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,136	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	155.63/cwt	149.50–160.00	1,178	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	822	14
Steers	Medium 1	—	364	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	753	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	910	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	828	1
Steers	Medium 1	—	482	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	916	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,059	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	129.42/cwt	127.50–139.00	562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	848	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	135.53/cwt	131.00–136.00	568	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	134.70/cwt	112.50–140.00	637	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	873	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,026	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	410	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	795	4
Heifers	Medium 1	—	563	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	816	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	879	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	125.30/cwt	117.50–136.00	707	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,109	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	422	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	874	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	485	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	530	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	957	35
Heifers	Medium 1	—	635	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	892	21
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	668	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	992	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	995	12
Heifers	Medium 1	—	491	149.00/cwt	141.00–150.00	732	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	450	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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