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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Mar 23

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Mar 16Mar 23Mar 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 28▼ 19 vs year ago 33 · −57.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 73▲ 11 vs year ago 15 · +73.3%

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.50/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −94.23 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$140.50

8 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$20.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.07

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	498	148.20	738	5thin
Medium and Large 2	459	127.67	586	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.53/cwt here — about $153 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

140.50

—

WV average4 barns · 76 hd

165.57

−25.07

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−94.23

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

5 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $248.69, low $211.03, median $234.73 across 5 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	—	Low	1,898	94.00	1,784	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,775	90.00	1,598	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,496	82.35	1,232	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	58.07	645	12

Every lot

19 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	562	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	605	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	443	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	591	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	568	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	690	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	863	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	931	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	413	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	457	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	505	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	510	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	718	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,550	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,163	1
Bulls	—	—	2,245	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	2,537	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	770	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	77	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	960	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	576	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,159	62.68/cwt	51.00–72.00	726	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,446	80.11/cwt	72.00–84.00	1,158	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,555	85.03/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,322	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,775	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,598	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 Mar 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 28Year ago 33

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 73Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	131.00	131.00
1	—	435	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	160.00	160.00
1	—	345	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	133.00–134.00	133.50
1	—	490	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	—	700	133.00	133.00
1	—	690	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	75.00	75.00
1	—	2,245	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,159	51.00–72.00	62.68
1	—	770	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,555	80.00–90.00	85.03
6	—	1,446	72.00–84.00	80.11

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.