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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Aug 16

● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Aug 9Aug 16Aug 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 8▼ 4 vs year ago 6 · −66.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 31▼ 21 vs year ago 33 · −63.6%

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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 $185.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −49.73 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$185.00

2 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$292

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−67.65

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	380	195.00	741	1thin
Medium and Large 2	590	175.00	1,033	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about −$292 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

185.00

—

WV average3 barns · 272 hd

252.65

−67.65

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−49.73

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	1,695	103.14	1,748	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	94.00	1,081	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,461	90.75	1,326	8thin

Every lot

5 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	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	741	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,033	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,695	103.14/cwt	95.00–114.00	1,748	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,081	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,461	90.75/cwt	85.00–101.00	1,326	8

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 Aug 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2Last week 8Year ago 6

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 31Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	175.00	175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,695	95.00–114.00	103.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,461	85.00–101.00	90.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	94.00	94.00

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.