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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-31

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

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Jan 24Jan 31Feb 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 3 · +266.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 45▲ 3 vs year ago 27 · +11.1%

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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 $219.30/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −15.43 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$219.30

10 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,414

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$90.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.07

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	471	229.00	1,079	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	652	228.13	1,488	8thin
Medium and Large 3	760	139.00	1,056	1thin

One grade step is worth $90.00/cwt here — about $22 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 sale10 hd

219.30

—

WV average4 barns · 73 hd

229.37

−10.07

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−15.43

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	1,510	109.75	1,657	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,328	85.87	1,140	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,093	68.25	746	7thin

Every lot

13 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	471	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,079	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,381	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,494	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,590	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	760	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,056	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	552	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	885	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	770	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,510	109.75/cwt	67.00–129.00	1,657	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	905	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	407	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,124	72.13/cwt	69.00–78.00	811	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,316	88.70/cwt	79.00–106.00	1,167	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,408	66.03/cwt	65.00–67.00	930	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 Jan 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11Last week 0Year ago 3

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 45Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	87.00	87.00
1	—	480	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	471	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	750	212.00	212.00
3	—	682	219.00	219.00
3	—	557	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	139.00	139.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	45.00	45.00
6	—	1,124	69.00–78.00	72.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	65.00–67.00	66.03
14	—	1,316	79.00–106.00	88.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,510	67.00–129.00	109.75

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.