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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 29

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 22▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 77▲ 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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.42/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −79.92 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$129.42

6 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$190

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

$23.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.97

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	446	137.38	613	4thin
Medium and Large 2	708	113.50	803	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.88/cwt here — about −$190 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 sale6 hd

129.42

—

WV average2 barns · 47 hd

124.45

+4.97

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−79.92

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	—	Average	1,475	54.27	800	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,770	54.00	956	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,339	47.55	637	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,197	35.41	424	13

Every lot

14 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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	250	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	345	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	400	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	390	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	640	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	200	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	345	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	615	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	612	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	679	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	955	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	898	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,475	54.27/cwt	43.00–67.00	800	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,197	35.41/cwt	29.00–44.00	424	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	354	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	49.18/cwt	41.00–55.00	661	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,770	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	956	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 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12Last week 22Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 77Year 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
1	—	200	172.50	172.50
1	—	410	150.00	150.00
1	—	535	127.00	127.00
1	—	640	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	133.00	133.00
1	—	955	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	97.50	97.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,197	29.00–44.00	35.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	28.00	28.00
12	—	1,345	41.00–55.00	49.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	43.00–67.00	54.27

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.