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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 24

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← May 17May 24May 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 22▼ 12 vs year ago 19 · −63.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

36 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 24▲ 11 vs year ago 25 · +44.0%

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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 $169.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −40.08 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$169.25

4 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.35

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	500	169.25	846	4thin

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 sale4 hd

169.25

—

WV average5 barns · 114 hd

165.90

+3.35

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−40.08

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	1,915	93.00	1,781	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	97.19	1,272	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,568	91.95	1,442	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,080	89.92	971	12

Every lot

11 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	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Replacement	985	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,084	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	210	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	441	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	831	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	984	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	924	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,915	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,781	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,074	92.00/cwt	61.00–110.00	988	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	771	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,309	97.19/cwt	89.00–110.00	1,272	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,568	91.95/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,442	2

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 May 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7Last week 22Year ago 19

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 24Year ago 25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	67.00	67.00
11	—	1,074	61.00–110.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,568	91.00–93.00	91.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,309	89.00–110.00	97.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	93.00	93.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	132.00	132.00
1	—	615	160.00	160.00
1	—	475	175.00	175.00
1	—	210	210.00	210.00

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.