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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Nov 6

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Oct 30Nov 6Nov 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

76 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 51▲ 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

64 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 86▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 1▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $89.14/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −120.19 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$89.14

41 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$462

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$32.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.82

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	97.19	503	23
Large 1-2	405	95.00	385	1thin
Medium and Large 2	478	83.05	397	10thin
Large 1	690	81.00	559	1thin
Medium 1-2	617	70.33	434	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	515	68.50	353	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	595	65.00	387	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.19/cwt here — about $117 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 sale41 hd

89.14

—

WV average5 barns · 191 hd

99.96

−10.82

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−120.19

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	—	Low	1,587	58.03	921	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,467	43.70	641	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,400	39.17	548	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,176	23.84	280	28

Every lot

46 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	526	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	295	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	239	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	298	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	392	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	111.53/cwt	109.00–121.00	578	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	672	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	492	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	527	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	675	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	297	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	743	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	654	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	240	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	182	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	290	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	276	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	295	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	295	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	110.50/cwt	101.00–120.00	365	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	427	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	370	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	296	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	405	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	385	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	428	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	455	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	396	1
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	465	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	339	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	485	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	344	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	115.90/cwt	111.00–119.00	566	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	488	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	545	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	360	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	562	81.69/cwt	80.50–82.00	459	5
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	595	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	387	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	610	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	512	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	77.28/cwt	74.00–81.00	516	3
Bulls	—	Large 1	690	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	559	1
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2Fleshy	693	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	478	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	536	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,350	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	635	1
Bulls	—	—	1,621	59.60/cwt	47.00–81.00	966	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	11.00/cwt	11.00–11.00	115	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,049	16.98/cwt	13.00–21.00	178	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,211	25.98/cwt	17.00–39.00	315	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,250	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	625	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,400	39.17/cwt	25.00–46.50	548	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,575	40.55/cwt	40.00–41.00	639	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,180	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	7,080	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,223	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,561	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,539	1

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed Nov 6, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 76Last week 51Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 86Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	488	111.00–119.00	115.90
5	—	519	94.00	94.00
3	—	765	70.00	70.00
3	—	668	74.00–81.00	77.28
3	—	420	102.00	102.00
2	—	330	101.00–120.00	110.50
1	—	365	117.00	117.00
1	—	295	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	76.00	76.00
1	—	290	95.00	95.00
1	—	370	80.00	80.00
1	—	455	87.00	87.00
1	—	610	84.00	84.00
5	—	562	80.50–82.00	81.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	71.00	71.00
1	—	545	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	693	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	743	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	84.00	84.00
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
1	—	450	87.00	87.00
1	—	565	119.00	119.00
1	—	600	82.00	82.00
1	—	675	78.00	78.00
5	—	518	109.00–121.00	111.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	44.00	44.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
2	—	580	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	87.00	87.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	600.00	600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,223	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	675.00	675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	47.00	47.00
7	—	1,621	47.00–81.00	59.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,400	25.00–46.50	39.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	50.00	50.00
2	—	1,575	40.00–41.00	40.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	11.00	11.00
5	—	1,049	13.00–21.00	16.98
22	—	1,211	17.00–39.00	25.98

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.