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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 22

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 16▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

77 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 70▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleSat Oct 24, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Board Feeder Cattle sale; see South Branch Board sale for report

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 $95.74/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −138.64 against this barn's trailing median of $234.39.

Average price

$95.74

23 head · 744 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$65.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.01

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	488	126.40	616	10thin
Medium and Large 2	550	93.00	512	1thin
Medium 1-2	978	71.41	698	10thin
Medium 2	990	70.00	693	1thin
Small and Medium 1-2	925	61.00	564	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.40/cwt here — about $52 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 sale23 hd

95.74

—

WV average3 barns · 101 hd

119.76

−24.01

This barn, trailing median1 sales

234.39

−138.64

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	1,693	62.55	1,059	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,350	50.00	675	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,296	43.43	563	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,137	30.83	350	23

Every lot

21 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 · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	447	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	493	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	608	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	512	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	713	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	780	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	538	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	890	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	516	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	925	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	564	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	940	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	705	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	912	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	973	81.51/cwt	81.00–82.00	793	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	990	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	693	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	1,023	63.09/cwt	56.00–70.00	645	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	1,058	74.30/cwt	70.00–80.00	786	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	804	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,693	62.55/cwt	51.00–68.50	1,059	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	17.82/cwt	10.00–29.00	180	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	36.52/cwt	21.00–46.00	436	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	653	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,296	43.27/cwt	31.00–52.00	561	46
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,350	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	675	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 Jan 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22Last week 16Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 70Year ago 0

Board Feeder Cattle sale; see South Branch Board sale for report

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	96.00	96.00
2	—	468	130.00	130.00
4	—	379	130.00	130.00
2	—	580	123.00	123.00
1	—	315	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,058	70.00–80.00	74.30
1	—	780	69.00	69.00
1	—	890	58.00	58.00
1	—	940	75.00	75.00
2	—	973	81.00–82.00	81.51
2	—	1,023	56.00–70.00	63.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,193	21.00–46.00	36.52
7	—	1,008	10.00–29.00	17.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	51.00	51.00
46	—	1,296	31.00–52.00	43.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,693	51.00–68.50	62.55

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.