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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Sep 21

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 6▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 55▼ 7 vs year ago 15 · −46.7%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.21/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −65.52 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$169.21

7 head · 401 lb average

Value per head Derived

$678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$375

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

$10.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.08

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	430	170.75	735	6thin
Medium and Large 2	225	160.00	360	1thin

One grade step is worth $10.75/cwt here — about $375 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 sale7 hd

169.21

—

WV average6 barns · 336 hd

171.29

−2.08

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−65.52

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	—	Average	1,228	89.13	1,095	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,400	80.00	1,120	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,705	76.00	1,296	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,156	48.20	557	4thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	215	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	382	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	225	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	360	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	624	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	815	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	938	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	250	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	373	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	288	155.57/cwt	143.00–167.50	448	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	684	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	826	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	821	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	648	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	849	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	877	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	887	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	874	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,228	89.13/cwt	71.00–100.00	1,095	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	540	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	403	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	54.90/cwt	47.00–63.00	645	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,400	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,120	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,705	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,296	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 Sep 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21Last week 6Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 55Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	128.00	128.00
1	—	745	119.00	119.00
1	—	760	115.00	115.00
2	—	648	131.00	131.00
1	—	570	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	149.00	149.00
1	—	485	141.00	141.00
3	—	650	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	288	143.00–167.50	155.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	171.00	171.00
1	—	215	177.50	177.50
3	—	482	169.00	169.00
1	—	555	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	71.00–100.00	89.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	47.00–63.00	54.90
1	—	1,125	48.00	48.00
1	—	1,150	35.00	35.00

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.