Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next Special Feeder sale October 29, 2022

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.21/cwt on 637 head.

Average price

$175.21

637 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$317

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$106.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.96

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	360	209.00	752	4thin
Medium and Large 1	581	180.05	1,046	63
Medium 1	554	179.01	992	285
Medium and Large 2	508	178.30	906	103
Large 1	581	172.13	1,000	79
Medium and Large 1-2	693	169.41	1,175	79
Medium 2	455	165.00	751	2thin
Small 1-2	526	136.33	717	9thin
Medium and Large 3	513	125.50	644	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	620	113.00	701	2thin
Large 2	650	111.00	722	2thin
Medium and Large 4	423	103.00	436	3thin

One grade step is worth $106.00/cwt here — about $317 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 sale637 hd

175.21

—

WV average5 barns · 880 hd

171.25

+3.96

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

71 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 2	—	455	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	160.44/cwt	150.00–171.00	858	6
Steers	Large 2	—	650	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	204.11/cwt	151.00–207.00	853	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	717	9
Steers	Small 1-2	—	675	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	754	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,018	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	904	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	908	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	860	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,204	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	350	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	420	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	360	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	895	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,134	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,125	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,273	38
Steers	Medium 1	—	440	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	971	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	1
Steers	Medium 1	—	586	170.07/cwt	170.00–172.00	997	86
Steers	Small 1-2	—	546	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	803	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	480	192.86/cwt	167.00–194.00	926	69
Steers	Medium 1	—	534	179.74/cwt	176.00–181.00	960	87
Steers	Medium 1	—	646	174.85/cwt	174.85–174.85	1,130	40
Steers	Medium 1	—	825	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	487	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	488	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	859	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	686	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	482	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	756	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	832	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	539	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	696	17
Heifers	Medium 1	—	428	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	618	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	584	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	311	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	664	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	903	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	490	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	441	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	552	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	585	19
Heifers	Medium 1	—	958	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	746	103
Steers	Large 1	—	482	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	906	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	708	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	355	133.78/cwt	125.00–135.00	475	9
Heifers	Medium 1	—	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	856	43
Heifers	Medium 1	—	742	126.78/cwt	126.00–132.00	941	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	159.74/cwt	131.00–161.00	835	23
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	427	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	389	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	160.81/cwt	140.00–171.00	992	6
Steers	Large 1	—	533	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	933	27
Steers	Large 1	—	658	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,099	24
Steers	Large 1	—	588	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	994	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,008	13
Heifers	Medium 1	—	567	144.63/cwt	138.00–145.00	820	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,214	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	423	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	641	1

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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