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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

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

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 74 vs last sale 80▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 21▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleSat Oct 24, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

For results of Board Sale see SBV Board sale

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 $93.68/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −115.65 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$93.68

3 head · 423 lb average

Value per head Derived

$397

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$378

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium 4

$65.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.21

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	470	115.52	543	2thin
Medium 4	330	50.00	165	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.52/cwt here — about $378 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

93.68

—

WV average4 barns · 52 hd

101.89

−8.21

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−115.65

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	2,040	85.89	1,752	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,538	55.01	846	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	825	20.00	165	1thin

Every lot

6 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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	502	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 4	330	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	165	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	115.52/cwt	115.00–116.00	543	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,040	85.89/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,752	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	825	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	165	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,538	55.01/cwt	54.00–56.00	846	2

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 Aug 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6Last week 80Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 21Year ago 0

For results of Board Sale see SBV Board sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	115.00–116.00	115.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	114.00	114.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,040	85.00–87.00	85.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,538	54.00–56.00	55.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	20.00	20.00

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.