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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Mar 3

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 12▼ 9 vs year ago 27 · −33.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 15▼ 5 vs year ago 25 · −20.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Board Sale March 17, 2020

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 $126.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −83.33 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$126.00

8 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 4

$50.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.81

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	453	137.20	622	5thin
Medium and Large 2	505	117.50	593	2thin
Medium 4	440	87.00	383	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.20/cwt here — about $239 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 sale8 hd

126.00

—

WV average3 barns · 83 hd

120.19

+5.81

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−83.33

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	1,633	73.38	1,198	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	49.03	626	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,179	35.32	416	10

Every lot

18 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	580	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	679	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	245	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	245	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3-4	245	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	216	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	120.66/cwt	113.00–126.00	566	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	548	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	395	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	525	1
Bulls	—	Medium 4	440	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	383	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	683	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	535	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	621	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	615	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	627	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,633	73.38/cwt	73.00–74.00	1,198	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	10.31/cwt	10.00–10.50	110	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	454	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,205	43.44/cwt	37.50–52.00	523	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,210	28.50/cwt	28.50–28.50	345	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,293	50.46/cwt	31.50–61.00	652	7

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 Mar 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18Last week 12Year ago 27

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 15Year ago 25

Board Sale March 17, 2020

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,633	73.00–74.00	73.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,293	31.50–61.00	50.46
1	—	1,165	39.00	39.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,205	37.50–52.00	43.44
1	—	1,210	28.50	28.50
2	—	1,070	10.00–10.50	10.31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	133.00	133.00
1	—	615	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	145.00	145.00
2	—	488	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	115.00	115.00
4	—	469	113.00–126.00	120.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	100.00	100.00

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.