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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Sep 20

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Sep 13Sep 20Sep 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 12▼ 15 vs year ago 21 · −71.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 51 vs last sale 64▲ 5 vs year ago 8 · +62.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle Special this Saturday September 23, 2023

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −65.39 against this barn's trailing median of $234.39.

Average price

$169.00

1 head · 315 lb average

Value per head Derived

$532

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−45.68

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	315	169.00	532	1thin

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 sale1 hd

169.00

—

WV average6 barns · 895 hd

214.68

−45.68

This barn, trailing median1 sales

234.39

−65.39

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,699	105.42	1,791	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,179	94.92	1,119	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,438	78.00	1,122	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	57.39	605	3thin

Every lot

9 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 2Thin Fleshed	315	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	532	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	846	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,540	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,263	1
Bulls	—	—	1,739	111.28/cwt	73.00–130.00	1,935	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	910	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	910	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	374	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	67.59/cwt	64.00–70.00	727	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,313	92.38/cwt	87.00–98.00	1,213	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,438	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,122	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 Sep 20, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6Last week 12Year ago 21

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 64Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle Special this Saturday September 23, 2023

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	169.00	169.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,739	73.00–130.00	111.28
1	—	1,540	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	87.00–98.00	92.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,438	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	64.00–70.00	67.59
1	—	1,010	37.00	37.00

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.