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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 1

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Jan 25Feb 1Feb 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 7▼ 5 vs year ago 8 · −62.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

27 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 36▼ 14 vs year ago 41 · −34.1%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Board Sale Next Week approximately 10 loads*

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 $111.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −123.73 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$111.00

1 head · 940 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,043

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−53.85

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	940	111.00	1,043	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

111.00

—

WV average4 barns · 40 hd

164.86

−53.85

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−123.73

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	2,175	105.34	2,291	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,465	82.18	1,204	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,210	61.39	743	14

Every lot

8 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 2	940	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,043	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	240	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	258	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	540	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	643	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,175	105.34/cwt	101.00–111.00	2,291	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,140	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	365	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,215	63.65/cwt	52.00–96.00	773	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,428	93.36/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,333	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,473	79.69/cwt	69.00–87.00	1,174	9

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 Feb 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3Last week 7Year ago 8

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 36Year ago 41

*Board Sale Next Week approximately 10 loads*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	111.00	111.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,175	101.00–111.00	105.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,473	69.00–87.00	79.69
2	—	1,428	90.00–96.00	93.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,215	52.00–96.00	63.65
1	—	1,140	32.00	32.00

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.