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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 1

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Apr 24May 1May 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 12▼ 10 vs year ago 27 · −37.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

38 head

▼ 64 vs last sale 102▼ 70 vs year ago 108 · −64.8%

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $180.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −252.05 against this barn's trailing median of $432.05.

Average price

$180.00

2 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

per head · Medium 1 over Medium 2

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−52.05

vs WV average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	525	210.00	1,103	1thin
Medium 2	560	150.00	840	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $263 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

180.00

—

WV average4 barns · 30 hd

232.05

−52.05

This barn, trailing median1 sales

432.05

−252.05

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,838	151.58	2,785	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,835	138.00	2,532	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,479	112.80	1,669	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,211	103.64	1,255	17

Every lot

22 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	605	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,180	1
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	660	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,386	1
Steers	750–800	Medium 1	785	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,374	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium 1	250	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	580	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	315	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	762	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	475	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,112	1
Heifers	450–500	Large 2	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	525	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,103	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 2	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium 1	710	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,189	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium 2	965	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,139	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,902	1
Bulls	—	—	1,855	153.15/cwt	145.00–160.00	2,841	2
Bulls	—	—	2,055	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,699	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	90.27/cwt	87.00–93.00	903	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,190	102.08/cwt	94.00–114.00	1,215	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,338	112.10/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,500	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,429	110.60/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,580	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,526	123.60/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,886	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,538	93.52/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,438	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,835	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,532	1

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 May 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17Last week 12Year ago 27

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 102Year ago 108

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	525	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	710	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	150.00	150.00
1	950–1000	965	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	195.00	195.00
1	650–700	660	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	785	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	232.00	232.00
1	300–350	315	242.00	242.00
1	450–500	475	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,429	103.00–114.00	110.60
5	—	1,526	120.00–128.00	123.60
2	—	1,538	93.00–94.00	93.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,338	109.00–116.00	112.10
10	—	1,190	94.00–114.00	102.08
2	—	1,000	87.00–93.00	90.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,855	145.00–160.00	153.15
1	—	2,055	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,585	120.00	120.00

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.