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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jun 10

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Jun 3Jun 10Jun 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 34▼ 133 vs year ago 141 · −94.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

33 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 31▲ 33 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 $103.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −131.39 against this barn's trailing median of $234.39.

Average price

$103.00

3 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$31.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.12

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	535	124.00	663	1thin
Medium and Large 2	585	92.50	541	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.50/cwt here — about $122 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 sale3 hd

103.00

—

WV average4 barns · 74 hd

122.12

−19.12

This barn, trailing median1 sales

234.39

−131.39

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	—	Average	1,980	97.16	1,924	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	67.32	833	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,197	47.50	568	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,339	120.50	1,613	6thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	448	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	672	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	418	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	559	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	694	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	740	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	601	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,339	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,613	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,980	97.16/cwt	91.00–105.00	1,924	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,152	83.33/cwt	81.00–86.00	960	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,174	49.30/cwt	38.00–59.00	579	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,254	64.12/cwt	50.00–72.00	804	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,310	38.50/cwt	38.50–38.50	504	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 Jun 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8Last week 34Year ago 141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 31Year 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	—	715	84.00	84.00
1	—	655	113.00	113.00
1	—	620	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	160.00	160.00
1	—	665	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	69.00	69.00
1	—	360	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	124.00	124.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,152	81.00–86.00	83.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,174	38.00–59.00	49.30
1	—	1,310	38.50	38.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,254	50.00–72.00	64.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,339	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,980	91.00–105.00	97.16

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.