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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Nov 20

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

34 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 31▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 78▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.44/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −130.94 against this barn's trailing median of $234.39.

Average price

$103.44

18 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$532

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$15.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.52

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	514	108.50	557	12thin
Medium 1-2	515	95.00	489	1thin
Medium and Large 2	515	93.00	479	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.50/cwt here — about $78 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 sale18 hd

103.44

—

WV average4 barns · 198 hd

99.92

+3.52

This barn, trailing median1 sales

234.39

−130.94

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

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	—	Average	1,970	61.00	1,202	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,398	47.57	665	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,217	33.28	405	16

Every lot

19 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 1-2	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	328	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	330	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	441	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	454	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	515	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	489	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	484	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	623	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	618	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	720	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	655	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	225	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	212	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	250	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	263	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	531	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	670	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,970	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	1,202	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,130	43.09/cwt	41.00–45.00	487	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,223	20.94/cwt	17.00–24.00	256	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,231	33.70/cwt	24.00–40.00	415	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,398	47.57/cwt	38.00–56.00	665	11

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 Nov 20, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 34Last week 31Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 78Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,231	24.00–40.00	33.70
2	—	1,223	17.00–24.00	20.94
2	—	1,130	41.00–45.00	43.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,398	38.00–56.00	47.57

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	105.00	105.00
1	—	225	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	583	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	88.00	88.00
1	—	330	100.00	100.00
1	—	720	91.00	91.00
2	—	488	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	588	106.00	106.00
3	—	387	114.00	114.00
1	—	600	103.00	103.00
1	—	285	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	130.00	130.00

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.