Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-19

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.16/cwt on 821 head.

Average price

$138.16

821 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$324

per head · Medium 2 over Medium 3

$56.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.89

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 2	433	160.00	693	49
Medium 1	541	142.07	769	308
Large 1	589	138.86	817	128
Medium and Large 2	505	136.36	689	204
Large 1-2	425	136.00	578	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	579	133.33	772	52
Medium 1-2	513	132.00	677	3thin
Medium and Large 1	560	132.00	739	2thin
Large 2	559	131.31	734	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	280	130.00	364	1thin
Large 3	395	120.00	474	1thin
Small 1	970	116.00	1,125	1thin
Small 1-2	480	113.30	543	23
Small and Medium 1-2	525	112.50	591	10thin
Medium and Large 3	520	108.49	564	24
Medium 3	355	104.00	369	1thin

One grade step is worth $56.00/cwt here — about $324 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 sale821 hd

138.16

—

WV average8 barns · 1,441 hd

135.27

+2.89

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

114 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	Small and Medium 1-2	—	575	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	100.19/cwt	88.00–107.00	561	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	656	1
Steers	Large 1	—	472	154.16/cwt	120.00–159.00	728	14
Steers	Large 1	—	641	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	872	31
Steers	Large 1	—	581	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	805	40
Steers	Large 1	—	843	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	995	3
Steers	Large 1	—	428	145.85/cwt	110.00–155.00	624	5
Steers	Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	377	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	528	15
Steers	Medium 1	—	975	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,131	1
Steers	Large 1	—	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	1
Steers	Medium 1	—	575	135.46/cwt	135.00–135.50	779	68
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	594	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	485	99.39/cwt	94.00–105.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	500	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	595	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	571	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	431	107.17/cwt	106.00–111.00	462	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	485	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	752	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	295	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	310	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	483	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	791	32
Heifers	Medium 1	—	573	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	688	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	563	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	512	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	740	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	592	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	295	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	455	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	478	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	525	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	108.47/cwt	95.00–115.00	576	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	119.58/cwt	87.00–126.00	505	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	118.96/cwt	106.00–122.00	408	30
Heifers	Large 2	—	695	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	746	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	739	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	119.08/cwt	101.00–120.00	582	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	348	98.57/cwt	81.00–101.00	343	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	569	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	575	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	673	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	284	110.98/cwt	104.00–118.00	315	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	113.09/cwt	100.00–116.00	722	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	690	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	589	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	652	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	247	110.78/cwt	110.00–111.00	274	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	116.64/cwt	100.00–117.00	646	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	570	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	118.81/cwt	110.00–121.00	555	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	119.10/cwt	115.00–120.00	405	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	106.13/cwt	75.00–116.00	549	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	123.04/cwt	120.00–126.00	449	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	559	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	615	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	277	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	357	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	259	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	320	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	125.21/cwt	117.50–129.00	551	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	529	143.63/cwt	143.50–145.00	760	71
Steers	Large 1	—	745	130.22/cwt	123.00–131.00	970	10
Steers	Medium 1	—	431	157.38/cwt	101.00–160.00	678	22
Steers	Large 1-2	—	425	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	578	1
Steers	Medium 1	—	637	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	860	60
Steers	Medium 1	—	479	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	726	64
Steers	Medium 1	—	685	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	897	1
Steers	Medium 1	—	735	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	911	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	565	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	616	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	343	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	923	13
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	295	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	266	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	551	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	634	9
Steers	Small 1-2	—	730	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	737	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	353	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	399	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	513	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	780	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	109.35/cwt	100.00–119.00	506	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	433	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	693	49
Steers	Small 1-2	—	630	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	668	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	270	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	311	1
Steers	Large 2	—	378	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	752	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	832	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	986	5
Steers	Large 2	—	448	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	661	2
Steers	Large 2	—	465	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	874	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	460	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	802	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	760	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	128.76/cwt	114.00–134.50	484	54
Steers	Large 2	—	680	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	775	1
Steers	Large 2	—	955	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,060	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	436	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	528	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	355	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	369	1
Steers	Large 3	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	752	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	740	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	419	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	440	5
Steers	Large 1	—	531	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	743	24
Steers	Small 1	—	970	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	108.98/cwt	81.00–117.00	484	15

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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