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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Oct 16

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 15▼ 4 vs year ago 8 · −50.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 11▼ 93 vs year ago 112 · −83.0%

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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 $205.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −189.41 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$205.00

3 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,025

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−38.70

vs WV average

−52.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	500	205.00	1,025	3thin

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 sale3 hd

205.00

—

WV average4 barns · 314 hd

243.70

−38.70

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−52.81

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−189.41

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	1,525	130.50	1,990	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,466	111.94	1,641	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,226	76.90	943	11

Every lot

8 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	680	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,025	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,340	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,755	1
Bulls	—	—	1,710	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,223	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	51.59/cwt	43.00–62.00	511	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,600	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,315	86.39/cwt	65.00–105.00	1,136	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,505	109.13/cwt	50.00–121.00	1,642	5

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 Oct 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4Last week 15Year ago 8

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 11Year ago 112

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	990	43.00–62.00	51.59
8	—	1,315	65.00–105.00	86.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	126.00	126.00
5	—	1,505	50.00–121.00	109.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	131.00	131.00
1	—	1,710	130.00	130.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	500	205.00	205.00

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.