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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 19

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 176 vs last sale 195▲ 19 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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $124.07/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −110.66 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$124.07

10 head · 447 lb average

Value per head Derived

$554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$31.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.63

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	516	129.60	669	5thin
Medium and Large 2	360	123.69	446	4thin
Small and Medium 1-2	445	98.00	436	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.60/cwt here — about $233 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 sale10 hd

124.07

—

WV average3 barns · 71 hd

143.70

−19.63

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−110.66

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

5 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $248.69, low $211.03, median $234.73 across 5 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	1,876	61.02	1,145	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	57.80	749	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,665	56.00	932	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,151	51.21	589	5thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	220	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	286	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	285	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	342	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	638	1
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	445	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	436	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	122.37/cwt	112.00–132.00	573	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	726	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	683	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	285	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	359	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	375	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	270	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	125.22/cwt	118.00–132.00	595	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	483	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	240	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	370	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	500	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	692	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,450	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	435	1
Bulls	—	—	1,983	68.77/cwt	66.00–72.00	1,364	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,151	51.21/cwt	47.00–58.00	589	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	57.80/cwt	51.00–65.00	749	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,665	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	932	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.

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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed Feb 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 195Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	84.00	84.00
1	—	375	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	118.00–132.00	125.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	164.00	164.00
1	—	545	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	122.00	122.00
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
1	—	420	152.00	152.00
1	—	610	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	130.00	130.00
1	—	285	120.00	120.00
2	—	468	112.00–132.00	122.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	98.00	98.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	30.00	30.00
4	—	1,983	66.00–72.00	68.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,295	51.00–65.00	57.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,151	47.00–58.00	51.21

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.