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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 18

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 19▼ 3 vs year ago 13 · −23.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 37▼ 51 vs year ago 81 · −63.0%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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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 $105.67/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −103.67 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$105.67

9 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$335

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 4

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.94

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	630	121.00	762	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	626	119.80	750	5thin
Medium and Large 3	645	85.00	548	2thin
Medium and Large 4	700	61.00	427	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $335 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 sale9 hd

105.67

—

WV average2 barns · 14 hd

116.61

−10.94

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−103.67

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,294	64.23	831	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,166	46.50	542	15

Every lot

10 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	429	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	738	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	630	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	762	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	645	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	548	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	700	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	427	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	829	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	34.58/cwt	32.00–36.00	373	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,188	49.48/cwt	40.00–63.00	588	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,294	64.23/cwt	52.00–75.00	831	15

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 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10Last week 19Year ago 13

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 37Year ago 81

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,080	32.00–36.00	34.58
12	—	1,188	40.00–63.00	49.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,294	52.00–75.00	64.23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	121.00	121.00
1	—	715	116.00	116.00
1	—	585	120.00	120.00

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.