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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Nov 6

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Oct 30Nov 6Nov 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 15▼ 31 vs year ago 35 · −88.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

55 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 10▲ 26 vs year ago 29 · +89.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Moderate attendance but trade firm, lower overall offering but gains in Slaughter Cattle run. No market test on feeders. Slaughter Cows steady for higher dressing types, Lean Cows $6 per cwt higher. Bulls steady to $7 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb bulls averaged $225.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −202.14 against this barn's trailing median of $427.14.

Average price

$225.00

1 head · 380 lb average

Value per head Derived

$855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−46.86

vs WV average

Price by quality 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	380	225.00	855	1thin

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

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

225.00

—

WV average2 barns · 21 hd

271.86

−46.86

This barn, trailing median1 sales

427.14

−202.14

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	—	Low	1,970	132.12	2,603	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,489	113.58	1,691	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,200	104.71	1,257	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	81.41	883	14

Every lot

12 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	656	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	855	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,890	138.83/cwt	130.00–144.00	2,624	3
Bulls	—	—	2,210	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	2,475	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	49.45/cwt	32.00–67.00	519	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,056	87.57/cwt	73.00–99.00	925	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,120	102.09/cwt	91.00–115.00	1,143	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,164	104.13/cwt	93.00–110.00	1,212	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,171	104.03/cwt	96.00–109.00	1,218	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	92.10/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,142	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,292	111.60/cwt	100.00–118.00	1,442	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,489	113.58/cwt	108.00–120.00	1,691	9

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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4Last week 15Year ago 35

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 10Year ago 29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,056	73.00–99.00	87.57
4	—	1,050	32.00–67.00	49.45
4	—	1,164	93.00–110.00	104.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,489	108.00–120.00	113.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	90.00–94.00	92.10
6	—	1,292	100.00–118.00	111.60
16	—	1,171	96.00–109.00	104.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	91.00–115.00	102.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,210	112.00	112.00
3	—	1,890	130.00–144.00	138.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	230.00	230.00
1	350–400	380	225.00	225.00

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.