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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 31

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← May 24May 31Jun 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

94 head

▲ 87 vs last sale 7▲ 78 vs year ago 16 · +487.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 36▼ 4 vs year ago 29 · −13.8%

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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 $243.74/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +9.00 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$243.74

53 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$684

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$97.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.19

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	495	247.22	1,224	51
Medium and Large 2-3	230	160.00	368	1thin
Medium and Large 3	360	150.00	540	1thin

One grade step is worth $97.22/cwt here — about $684 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 sale53 hd

243.74

—

WV average3 barns · 104 hd

232.54

+11.19

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

+9.00

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	1,945	126.00	2,451	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,770	103.00	1,823	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	96.64	1,247	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,125	73.02	821	7thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	230	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	368	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	759	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	904	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,169	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,290	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,411	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	825	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,163	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3-4Thin Fleshed	253	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	402	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	313	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	501	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	619	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	927	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	503	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,076	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	853	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	585	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	796	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	787	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	887	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	915	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,052	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	880	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,945	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,451	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,105	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,370	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	652	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	75.36/cwt	57.00–87.00	850	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	94.82/cwt	76.00–107.00	1,236	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,770	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,823	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 May 31, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 94Last week 7Year ago 16

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 36Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	455	257.00	257.00
20	—	510	253.00	253.00
2	—	330	230.00	230.00
7	—	393	230.00	230.00
12	—	560	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	503	214.00	214.00
1	—	565	151.00	151.00
1	—	650	121.00	121.00
17	—	431	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	253	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	124.00	124.00
1	—	375	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,945	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,303	76.00–107.00	94.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,128	57.00–87.00	75.36
1	—	1,105	59.00	59.00

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.