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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

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

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 36▼ 27 vs year ago 43 · −62.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

42 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 10▼ 43 vs year ago 85 · −50.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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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 $88.89/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −120.44 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$88.89

9 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$623

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3-4

$21.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.90

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	703	93.75	659	4thin
Medium and Large 3	650	90.00	585	1thin
Medium and Large 2	718	87.67	630	3thin
Medium and Large 3-4	695	72.00	500	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.75/cwt here — about $158 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 sale9 hd

88.89

—

WV average5 barns · 135 hd

110.79

−21.90

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−120.44

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	—	High	1,288	79.96	1,030	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,420	62.30	884	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,795	62.00	1,113	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,171	44.37	520	15

Every lot

25 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 1-2Fleshy	645	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	568	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	180	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	297	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	215	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	323	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	535	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	615	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	619	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	660	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	587	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3-4	695	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	500	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	642	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	735	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	617	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	760	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	684	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	870	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	609	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Non-Traditional	1,015	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	751	1
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,080	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,004	1
Bulls	—	—	1,251	70.68/cwt	50.00–80.00	884	4
Bulls	—	—	1,920	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	2,112	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	780	16.00/cwt	16.00–16.00	125	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,133	34.92/cwt	22.00–40.00	396	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Non-Traditional	1,220	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	769	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,226	49.66/cwt	40.00–57.00	609	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Non-Traditional	1,315	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	927	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,368	73.07/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,000	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,438	59.41/cwt	51.00–69.00	854	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,795	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	1,113	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 May 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16Last week 36Year ago 43

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 10Year ago 85

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	71.00–75.00	73.07
14	—	1,438	51.00–69.00	59.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,795	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,226	40.00–57.00	49.66
1	—	780	16.00	16.00
4	—	1,133	22.00–40.00	34.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	70.50	70.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,920	110.00	110.00
4	—	1,251	50.00–80.00	70.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	74.00	74.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	90.00	90.00
1	—	735	84.00	84.00
1	—	660	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	129.00	129.00
2	—	730	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	180	165.00	165.00
1	—	465	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	88.00	88.00

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.