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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 22

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Feb 15Feb 22Mar 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 8▼ 3 vs year ago 6 · −50.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 31▼ 41 vs year ago 60 · −68.3%

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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 $121.25/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −113.48 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$121.25

2 head · 380 lb average

Value per head Derived

$461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$47.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−53.56

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	400	145.00	580	1thin
Small 2	360	97.50	351	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $229 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 sale2 hd

121.25

—

WV average4 barns · 24 hd

174.81

−53.56

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−113.48

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	1,567	90.78	1,423	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,900	81.00	1,539	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,466	79.27	1,162	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,171	64.70	757	7thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 2	360	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	351	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	580	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	430	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	484	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	950	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	570	1
Bulls	—	—	1,515	96.30/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,459	3
Bulls	—	—	2,340	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	2,457	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	430	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,199	68.32/cwt	52.00–77.00	819	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,466	79.27/cwt	73.00–85.00	1,162	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,900	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,539	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 Feb 22, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3Last week 8Year ago 6

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 31Year ago 60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,900	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,466	73.00–85.00	79.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	43.00	43.00
6	—	1,199	52.00–77.00	68.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	60.00	60.00
1	—	2,340	105.00	105.00
3	—	1,515	93.00–100.00	96.30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	97.50	97.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	112.50	112.50

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.