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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Sep 6

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Aug 30Sep 6Sep 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 15▼ 11 vs year ago 21 · −52.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 12▼ 3 vs year ago 24 · −12.5%

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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 $162.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −47.33 against this barn's trailing median of $209.33.

Average price

$162.00

6 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$6.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.66

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	589	164.25	967	4thin
Medium and Large 2	443	157.50	697	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.75/cwt here — about $270 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 sale6 hd

162.00

—

WV average5 barns · 148 hd

178.66

−16.66

This barn, trailing median3 sales

209.33

−47.33

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	1,575	104.47	1,645	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,292	91.16	1,178	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,113	69.51	774	10

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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	790	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	360	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	666	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	937	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	683	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	922	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	960	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,030	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,575	104.47/cwt	86.00–116.00	1,645	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	938	39.97/cwt	30.00–47.00	375	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,157	76.89/cwt	60.00–102.00	890	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,292	91.16/cwt	72.00–107.00	1,178	6

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 Sep 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10Last week 15Year ago 21

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 12Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	159.00	159.00
1	—	600	160.00	160.00
1	—	660	156.00	156.00
1	—	515	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	185.00	185.00
1	—	525	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	149.00	149.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,575	86.00–116.00	104.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,157	60.00–102.00	76.89
2	—	938	30.00–47.00	39.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,292	72.00–107.00	91.16

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.