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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jun 29

● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Jun 22Jun 29Jul 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 29▼ 5 vs year ago 6 · −83.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 23▼ 18 vs year ago 21 · −85.7%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleSat Oct 24, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Sheep & Goat Sale*

NO SALE July 6, 2022

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 $108.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −101.33 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$108.00

1 head · 825 lb average

Value per head Derived

$891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−26.63

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	825	108.00	891	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

108.00

—

WV average2 barns · 44 hd

134.63

−26.63

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−101.33

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	2,320	121.00	2,807	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,785	100.00	1,785	1thin

Every lot

4 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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	891	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,280	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	3,101	1
Bulls	—	—	2,360	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	2,502	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,785	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,785	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 Jun 29, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1Last week 29Year ago 6

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 23Year ago 21

*Special Sheep & Goat Sale*

NO SALE July 6, 2022

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	108.00	108.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,360	106.00	106.00
1	—	2,280	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	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.