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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Sep 11

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Sep 4Sep 11Sep 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

9 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 6▼ 3 vs year ago 12 · −25.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 48▼ 42 vs year ago 64 · −65.6%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $125.97/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −306.08 against this barn's trailing median of $432.05.

Average price

$125.97

2 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−97.99

vs WV average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	538	125.97	678	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

125.97

—

WV average3 barns · 38 hd

223.96

−97.99

This barn, trailing median1 sales

432.05

−306.08

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	1,785	153.53	2,741	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,313	113.49	1,490	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,270	99.60	1,265	10

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	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,249	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	869	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	745	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,043	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	125.97/cwt	124.00–128.00	678	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,064	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	994	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,785	153.53/cwt	135.00–166.00	2,741	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	885	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	593	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,270	99.60/cwt	84.00–112.00	1,265	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,352	117.72/cwt	113.00–125.00	1,592	11

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 Sep 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9Last week 6Year ago 12

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 48Year ago 64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,270	84.00–112.00	99.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,352	113.00–125.00	117.72
1	—	885	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,785	135.00–166.00	153.53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	165.00	165.00
1	700–750	720	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	124.00–128.00	125.97

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.