Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 25lb feeder heifers deleted

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $164.35/cwt on 139 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −325.62 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$164.35

139 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$929

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$24.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WV average

−5.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	578	171.26	990	31
Medium 1	566	165.50	937	18thin
Medium and Large 2	561	165.30	927	32
Large 1	573	163.00	934	8thin
Medium and Large 1	555	162.94	904	34
Medium and Large 3	582	153.50	893	11thin
Small 1-2	521	147.00	766	5thin

One grade step is worth $24.26/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.30, low $474.31, median $489.98 across 4 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 sale139 hd

164.35

—

WV average1 barns · 139 hd

164.35

+0.00

National average187 barns · 15,600 hd

169.84

−5.49

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−325.62

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

92 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	150.87/cwt	149.00–151.00	966	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,077	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	151.37/cwt	130.00–152.00	999	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	165.30/cwt	141.00–170.50	927	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	958	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	141.98/cwt	140.50–143.75	1,092	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	129.50/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,074	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,076	109.58/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,179	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	889	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	587	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	996	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	133.04/cwt	130.50–138.00	828	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	555	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	140.40/cwt	139.50–140.50	1,049	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	971	125.73/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,221	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	161.56/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,079	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	768	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	964	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,051	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	121.86/cwt	114.00–123.50	893	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	926	104.48/cwt	101.00–107.00	967	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	922	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	150.32/cwt	141.50–155.00	1,063	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	971	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	922	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	125.81/cwt	116.00–127.50	1,154	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	259	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	926	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,058	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	882	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	849	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	843	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	802	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	353	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	466	3
Steers	Small 1-2	800–850	840	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	663	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	171.00/cwt	144.00–172.50	1,014	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	127.56/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,114	40
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	632	139.59/cwt	130.00–142.00	882	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	746	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	931	111.12/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,035	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	704	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	140.09/cwt	121.00–145.00	493	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	893	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	822	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	128.63/cwt	120.00–129.00	714	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	566	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	639	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	812	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	172.18/cwt	152.00–175.00	845	31
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	489	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	735	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	596	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	411	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	637	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	481	5
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	566	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	937	18
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	420	168.04/cwt	155.00–170.00	706	8
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	652	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,050	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	867	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	911	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	856	32
Steers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,070	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,091	1
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	705	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	895	1
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	355	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	501	3
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	478	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	550	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,040	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	154.43/cwt	151.00–165.00	795	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,046	14
Heifers	Small 1-2	750–800	764	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	863	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	600–650	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	800–850	805	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	837	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	300–350	340	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	411	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	500–550	545	119.88/cwt	119.00–121.00	653	9
Steers	Small 1-2	500–550	521	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	766	5
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	380	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	608	2
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	833	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	991	2
Steers	Large 1	700–750	715	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	937	1
Steers	Large 1	650–700	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	1
Steers	Large 1	600–650	641	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	929	7
Steers	Large 1	550–600	573	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	934	8
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	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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