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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jul 7

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Jun 30Jul 7Jul 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 6▼ 77 vs year ago 82 · −93.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 21▼ 19 vs year ago 47 · −40.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Sheep and Goat Sale; Strong demand for Goats and Moderate to high demand for sheep.

*Next Sheep and Goat Sale September 1, 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 $85.50/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −123.83 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$85.50

4 head · 888 lb average

Value per head Derived

$759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$3.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.93

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	925	88.00	814	1thin
Medium and Large 2	875	84.67	741	3thin

One grade step is worth $3.33/cwt here — about $73 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 sale4 hd

85.50

—

WV average2 barns · 8 hd

89.43

−3.93

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−123.83

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	1,723	89.73	1,546	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,329	65.36	869	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	45.25	467	8thin

Every lot

8 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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	170	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	269	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	665	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	492	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	814	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	980	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	882	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,723	89.73/cwt	81.00–103.00	1,546	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	878	16.37/cwt	10.00–23.00	144	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,084	54.87/cwt	50.00–58.00	595	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,329	65.36/cwt	49.00–75.00	869	17

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 Jul 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5Last week 6Year ago 82

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 21Year ago 47

Special Sheep and Goat Sale; Strong demand for Goats and Moderate to high demand for sheep.

*Next Sheep and Goat Sale September 1, 2020*

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,723	81.00–103.00	89.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,084	50.00–58.00	54.87
2	—	878	10.00–23.00	16.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,329	49.00–75.00	65.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	170	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	980	90.00	90.00
1	—	665	74.00	74.00

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.