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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 20

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Jan 13Jan 20Jan 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 29▼ 4 vs year ago 22 · −18.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 40▼ 53 vs year ago 77 · −68.8%

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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 $89.58/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −119.75 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$89.58

7 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$26.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.17

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	663	97.22	645	5thin
Medium and Large 2	723	70.50	509	2thin

One grade step is worth $26.72/cwt here — about $135 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 sale7 hd

89.58

—

WV average3 barns · 53 hd

111.76

−22.17

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−119.75

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	1,913	60.00	1,148	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,462	43.66	638	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,079	27.04	292	9thin

Every lot

15 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	—	Medium and Large 2	270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	351	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	220	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	290	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	270	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	414	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	520	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	351	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	605	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	695	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	493	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	750	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	525	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	96.36/cwt	91.00–99.00	758	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,913	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,148	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	860	9.46/cwt	5.00–16.50	81	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,188	35.83/cwt	30.00–40.00	426	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,462	43.66/cwt	30.00–50.00	638	13

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 Jan 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18Last week 29Year ago 22

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 40Year ago 77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	70.00	70.00
1	—	695	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	90.00	90.00
1	—	565	107.00	107.00
3	—	787	91.00–99.00	96.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	132.00	132.00
1	—	465	89.00	89.00
1	—	605	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,462	30.00–50.00	43.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	30.00–40.00	35.83
3	—	860	5.00–16.50	9.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,913	60.00	60.00

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.