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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jul 15

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 76 vs last sale 82▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 47▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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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 $98.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −111.33 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$98.00

4 head · 408 lb average

Value per head Derived

$399

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$22

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$29.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.34

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	365	105.33	384	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	535	76.00	407	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.33/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale4 hd

98.00

—

WV average2 barns · 60 hd

114.34

−16.34

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−111.33

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	1,485	76.00	1,129	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,138	62.88	716	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	755	44.00	332	1thin

Every lot

9 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 · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	354	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	705	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	430	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	297	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	369	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	407	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,129	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	755	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	332	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,138	62.88/cwt	57.00–70.00	716	8

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 Jul 15, 2020

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Feeder CattleReceipts 6Last week 82Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 47Year ago 0

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
1	—	380	97.00	97.00
1	—	300	99.00	99.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	44.00	44.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,138	57.00–70.00	62.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	76.00	76.00

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.