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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 5

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Dec 15Jan 5Jan 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 20▲ 1 vs year ago 15 · +6.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

33 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 19▼ 77 vs year ago 110 · −70.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.30/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −112.09 against this barn's trailing median of $234.39.

Average price

$122.30

10 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$2.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

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	564	122.56	691	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	355	120.00	426	1thin

One grade step is worth $2.56/cwt here — about $265 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 sale10 hd

122.30

—

WV average1 barns · 10 hd

122.30

+0.00

This barn, trailing median1 sales

234.39

−112.09

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,772	73.11	1,296	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,482	61.30	908	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,182	41.75	493	17

Every lot

13 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 1-2	568	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	693	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	749	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	632	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	641	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,772	73.11/cwt	65.00–80.00	1,296	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	14.87/cwt	14.00–16.00	157	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,185	33.64/cwt	23.00–37.50	399	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,204	49.58/cwt	40.00–56.50	597	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,475	60.57/cwt	54.50–66.00	893	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,565	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,096	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 Jan 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16Last week 20Year ago 15

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 19Year ago 110

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	14.00–16.00	14.87
4	—	1,185	23.00–37.50	33.64
11	—	1,204	40.00–56.50	49.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	70.00	70.00
12	—	1,475	54.50–66.00	60.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,772	65.00–80.00	73.11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	122.00	122.00
1	—	635	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	120.00	120.00
4	—	565	125.00	125.00
3	—	522	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	140.00	140.00

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.