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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 8

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Dec 18Jan 8Jan 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

71 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 27▲ 71 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 $80.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −154.39 against this barn's trailing median of $234.39.

Average price

$80.00

3 head · 258 lb average

Value per head Derived

$206

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.71

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	258	80.00	206	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

80.00

—

WV average3 barns · 73 hd

105.71

−25.71

This barn, trailing median1 sales

234.39

−154.39

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	—	High	1,794	60.99	1,094	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,650	50.82	838	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,355	45.24	613	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,204	33.76	406	18

Every lot

12 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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	258	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	206	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	655	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,698	50.98/cwt	50.00–52.00	866	2
Bulls	—	—	1,985	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,608	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,143	27.27/cwt	20.00–32.00	312	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,216	35.06/cwt	28.00–40.00	426	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,323	43.37/cwt	32.00–51.00	574	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	37.72/cwt	32.00–40.50	513	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,443	53.93/cwt	51.00–59.50	778	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,460	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	730	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Natural	1,634	52.99/cwt	49.50–60.00	866	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,698	44.29/cwt	41.00–46.00	752	3

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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 27Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	81.00	81.00
2	—	1,698	50.00–52.00	50.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,634	49.50–60.00	52.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,698	41.00–46.00	44.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,443	51.00–59.50	53.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,323	32.00–51.00	43.37
3	—	1,360	32.00–40.50	37.72
1	—	1,460	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,216	28.00–40.00	35.06
3	—	1,143	20.00–32.00	27.27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	258	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	110.00	110.00

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.