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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-07

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

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Jul 31Aug 7Aug 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 32▲ 21 vs year ago 8 · +262.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 54▼ 22 vs year ago 31 · −71.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $178.33/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −240.60 against this barn's trailing median of $418.93.

Average price

$178.33

6 head · 437 lb average

Value per head Derived

$779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−83.81

vs WV average

−78.74 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	495	195.00	965	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	425	175.00	744	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

178.33

—

WV average2 barns · 42 hd

262.15

−83.81

National average160 barns · 4,841 hd

257.07

−78.74

This barn, trailing median3 sales

418.93

−240.60

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 400–500 lb

3 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $433.42, low $378.33, median $418.93 across 3 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	2,013	161.78	3,257	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,547	129.74	2,006	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,165	112.33	1,309	3thin

Every lot

15 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	500	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium 1-2	230	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	437	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	243	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	419	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	605	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	310	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	643	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	731	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	744	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	495	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	965	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	743	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	854	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,013	161.78/cwt	160.00–164.00	3,257	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,098	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,186	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,300	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,573	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	122.40/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,652	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,743	137.07/cwt	134.00–140.00	2,389	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 Aug 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 29Last week 32Year ago 8

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 54Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	172.50	172.50
3	250–300	295	205.00	205.00
1	350–400	375	195.00	195.00
5	400–450	425	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	207.50	207.50
1	450–500	495	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	192.50	192.50
5	450–500	481	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	172.50	172.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,013	160.00–164.00	161.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	121.00	121.00
2	—	1,098	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	120.00–125.00	122.40
2	—	1,743	134.00–140.00	137.07

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.