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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 22

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← May 15May 22May 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 10▼ 3 vs year ago 7 · −42.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 20▼ 18 vs year ago 36 · −50.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $177.75/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −216.66 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$177.75

2 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$960

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−67.37

vs WV average

−98.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	177.75	960	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

177.75

—

WV average4 barns · 22 hd

245.12

−67.37

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−98.71

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−216.66

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 500–600 lb

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.80, low $354.66, median $394.41 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	1,300	126.11	1,639	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,890	113.00	2,136	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,292	109.16	1,410	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	984	78.33	771	3thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,302	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	918	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	177.75/cwt	150.00–205.00	960	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 4	980	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,274	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,300	126.11/cwt	105.00–150.00	1,639	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	813	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	680	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,140	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,448	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,309	107.18/cwt	93.00–116.00	1,403	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,890	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	2,136	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 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4Last week 10Year ago 7

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 20Year ago 36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	67.00	67.00
2	—	968	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	127.00	127.00
9	—	1,309	93.00–116.00	107.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,890	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	105.00–150.00	126.11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	205.00	205.00
2	500–550	540	150.00–205.00	177.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	980	130.00	130.00

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.