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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 27

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 43▼ 222 vs year ago 247 · −89.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

36 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 85▲ 36 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 $116.17/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −93.17 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$116.17

12 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$5.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.12

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	526	118.29	623	7thin
Medium and Large 2	463	113.20	524	5thin

One grade step is worth $5.09/cwt here — about $99 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 sale12 hd

116.17

—

WV average4 barns · 66 hd

114.05

+2.12

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−93.17

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	1,571	68.74	1,080	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,304	56.67	739	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,179	40.86	482	11

Every lot

25 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	637	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	666	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	773	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	418	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	498	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	440	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	400	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	607	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	600	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	546	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	595	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	320	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	371	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	435	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	461	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	480	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	590	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	503	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	634	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	534	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	600	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	588	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	626	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,537	75.68/cwt	51.00–88.00	1,163	4
Bulls	—	—	1,705	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	699	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	880	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	132	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	920	56.56/cwt	55.00–58.00	520	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,209	43.45/cwt	37.00–50.00	525	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,347	56.68/cwt	44.00–70.00	763	18

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 May 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 43Year ago 247

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 85Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	55.00–58.00	56.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	15.00	15.00
10	—	1,209	37.00–50.00	43.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,347	44.00–70.00	56.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,537	51.00–88.00	75.68
1	—	1,705	41.00	41.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	123.00	123.00
1	—	600	98.00	98.00
1	—	435	106.00	106.00
1	—	320	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	503	126.00	126.00
1	—	620	101.00	101.00
1	—	550	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	91.00	91.00
1	—	360	116.00	116.00
1	—	735	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	542	112.00	112.00
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
1	—	380	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	130.00	130.00
1	—	475	134.00	134.00
1	—	765	101.00	101.00
1	—	600	111.00	111.00

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.