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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jul 31

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

136 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 108▲ 136 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

0 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $105.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −104.33 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$105.00

3 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$37.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.42

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	117.50	573	2thin
Medium and Large 2	725	80.00	580	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale3 hd

105.00

—

WV average4 barns · 81 hd

97.58

+7.42

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−104.33

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

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.29, low $201.45, median $209.33 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	1,929	84.47	1,629	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,455	62.42	908	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,228	58.36	717	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,135	42.96	488	8thin

Every lot

16 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	359	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	485	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	265	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	358	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	725	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	580	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,748	91.48/cwt	90.00–92.50	1,599	2
Bulls	—	—	1,970	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,517	2
Bulls	—	—	2,068	84.93/cwt	83.00–86.50	1,756	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,101	40.47/cwt	36.00–45.00	446	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	576	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	904	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,238	50.43/cwt	46.00–54.00	624	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	56.70/cwt	50.00–61.00	706	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,300	67.51/cwt	65.00–70.00	878	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,533	59.87/cwt	55.00–62.00	918	4

This sale against other markets

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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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed Jul 31, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Feeder CattleReceipts 136Last week 108Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 0Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,748	90.00–92.50	91.48
2	—	2,068	83.00–86.50	84.93
2	—	1,970	77.00	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	65.00–70.00	67.51
4	—	1,533	55.00–62.00	59.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	46.00–54.00	50.43
6	—	1,101	36.00–45.00	40.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	49.00	49.00
1	—	1,190	76.00	76.00
5	—	1,246	50.00–61.00	56.70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	135.00	135.00
1	—	710	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	97.00	97.00
1	—	490	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	127.00	127.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.