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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Sep 2

● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Aug 26Sep 2Sep 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 15▼ 7 vs year ago 9 · −77.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 5▼ 57 vs year ago 62 · −91.9%

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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 $81.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −153.73 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$81.00

1 head · 750 lb average

Value per head Derived

$608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−54.20

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 2-3	750	81.00	608	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

81.00

—

WV average4 barns · 81 hd

135.20

−54.20

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−153.73

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	1,403	86.50	1,214	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	46.00	591	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,180	37.00	437	1thin

Every lot

5 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Small and Medium 2-3	750	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	608	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	765	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	643	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,403	86.50/cwt	78.00–93.00	1,214	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,180	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	437	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	591	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 Sep 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2Last week 15Year ago 9

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	81.00	81.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,403	78.00–93.00	86.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	37.00	37.00

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.