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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Aug 26

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

15 head

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

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 6▼ 12 vs year ago 17 · −70.6%

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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 $120.40/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −114.33 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$120.40

5 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$22.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.14

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	505	129.33	653	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	490	107.00	524	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.33/cwt here — about $129 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 sale5 hd

120.40

—

WV average6 barns · 346 hd

138.54

−18.14

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−114.33

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

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	—	Average	1,113	85.14	948	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,425	46.00	656	1thin

Every lot

7 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	425	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	502	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	518	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	505	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	530	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	736	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	492	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,113	85.14/cwt	63.00–107.00	948	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,425	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	656	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 Aug 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15Last week 6Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 6Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	105.00	105.00
1	—	475	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	135.00	135.00
1	—	425	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,113	63.00–107.00	85.14

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.