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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 7

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Jan 31Feb 7Feb 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 11▼ 6 vs year ago 12 · −50.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 30▲ 6 vs year ago 16 · +37.5%

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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 $188.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −46.05 against this barn's trailing median of $234.39.

Average price

$188.33

3 head · 362 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 3

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.79

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	360	210.00	756	1thin
Medium and Large 2	480	180.00	864	1thin
Medium 3	245	175.00	429	1thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $327 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 sale3 hd

188.33

—

WV average3 barns · 56 hd

209.12

−20.79

This barn, trailing median1 sales

234.39

−46.05

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,626	99.13	1,612	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,369	91.00	1,246	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,297	62.96	816	9thin

Every lot

10 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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 3	245	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	429	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	360	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	756	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	864	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	410	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	759	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	658	167.53/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,102	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,090	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,090	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	23.00/cwt	23.00–23.00	268	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,313	67.95/cwt	61.00–78.00	892	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,404	89.87/cwt	82.00–98.00	1,262	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,626	99.13/cwt	93.00–104.00	1,612	4

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 Feb 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6Last week 11Year ago 12

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 30Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	185.00	185.00
2	—	658	165.00–170.00	167.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	175.00	175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,404	82.00–98.00	89.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,626	93.00–104.00	99.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,313	61.00–78.00	67.95
1	—	1,165	23.00	23.00

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.