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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Apr 11

● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Apr 4Apr 11Apr 18 →

Receipts

1,275 head

▲ 677 vs last sale 598▲ 1,275 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next Sale April 18, 2020

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.95/cwt on 678 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −203.46 against this barn's trailing median of $340.41.

Average price

$136.95

678 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$880

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$36.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.27

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	537	147.90	795	116
Medium and Large 1	586	143.61	842	90
Medium 1	643	138.92	894	99
Large 1	678	137.77	934	34
Medium and Large 1-2	705	132.12	931	307
Small 1-2	464	130.25	604	4thin
Small 1	613	122.90	754	10thin
Large 1-2	603	117.00	706	2thin
Medium and Large 3	507	111.81	567	16thin

One grade step is worth $36.09/cwt here — about $227 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale678 hd

136.95

—

WV average4 barns · 757 hd

138.22

−1.27

This barn, trailing median1 sales

340.41

−203.46

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

97 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Special Graded Sale - 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 · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	313	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	470	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	343	147.35/cwt	136.00–150.00	505	5
Steers	—	Medium 1	353	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	537	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	393	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	452	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	419	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	675	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	684	18
Steers	—	Small 1-2	425	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	442	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	440	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	554	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	453	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	612	4
Steers	—	Small 1-2	477	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	663	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	157.74/cwt	123.00–164.00	763	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	484	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	489	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	494	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	746	21
Steers	—	Medium 1	497	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	815	14
Steers	—	Large 1	499	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	798	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	500	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	505	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	628	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	704	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	532	141.67/cwt	141.50–142.00	754	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	152.19/cwt	150.00–154.00	864	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	149.11/cwt	118.00–154.00	856	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	650	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	145.79/cwt	144.00–153.00	846	29
Steers	—	Small 1	584	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	730	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2	603	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	706	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	618	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	754	3
Steers	—	Large 1	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Steers	—	Small 1	633	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	769	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	915	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	137.72/cwt	105.00–150.00	883	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	648	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	959	22
Steers	—	Medium 1	654	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	919	50
Steers	—	Large 1	662	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	953	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	142.03/cwt	125.50–146.00	946	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	690	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	580	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	131.87/cwt	130.00–133.00	940	74
Steers	—	Large 1	745	127.72/cwt	90.00–130.50	952	14
Steers	—	Medium 1	747	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	923	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	758	108.29/cwt	71.00–115.00	821	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	115.48/cwt	114.00–122.00	894	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	808	119.77/cwt	119.50–122.00	968	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	815	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	974	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	878	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	112.20/cwt	112.00–112.50	959	18
Steers	—	Large 1	885	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	920	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	920	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	736	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	940	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	979	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	979	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Large 1	305	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	421	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	317	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	399	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	339	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	458	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	339	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	424	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	370	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	374	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	380	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	376	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	505	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	480	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	126.24/cwt	111.00–127.00	534	22
Heifers	—	Medium 1	430	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	529	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	450	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	513	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	456	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	561	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	628	10
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	486	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	622	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	491	134.15/cwt	124.00–134.75	659	35
Heifers	—	Medium 1	495	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	634	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	643	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	645	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	558	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	537	99.98/cwt	94.00–101.89	537	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	669	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	658	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	116.98/cwt	113.00–124.00	673	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	594	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	737	17
Heifers	—	Small 1	598	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	562	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	606	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	733	23
Heifers	—	Medium 1	608	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	730	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	648	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	518	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	774	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	652	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	763	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	676	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	815	12
Heifers	—	Small 1	720	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	511	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	746	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	716	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	753	106.75/cwt	105.00–108.00	804	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	757	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	696	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	785	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	557	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	835	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	827	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	845	5
Heifers	—	Small 1	870	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	766	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	365	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	365	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	544	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	631	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	126.39/cwt	124.00–128.00	738	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	757	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	88.37/cwt	70.00–102.00	644	6

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.

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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Special Graded Sale - Moorefield, WV

Sat Apr 11, 2020

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Next Sale April 18, 2020

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	99.00	99.00
4	—	598	94.00	94.00
3	—	720	71.00	71.00
3	—	450	114.00	114.00
1	—	870	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	456	123.00	123.00
1	—	440	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	339	125.00	125.00
4	—	537	94.00–101.89	99.98
1	—	785	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	648	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	491	124.00–134.75	134.15
24	—	562	117.00	117.00
22	—	423	111.00–127.00	126.24
13	—	652	117.00	117.00
9	—	339	135.00	135.00
3	—	757	92.00	92.00
2	—	520	124.00	124.00
1	—	835	99.00	99.00
1	—	370	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	594	124.00	124.00
12	—	676	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	575	113.00–124.00	116.98
24	—	753	105.00–108.00	106.75
23	—	606	121.00	121.00
10	—	485	129.50	129.50
6	—	421	114.00	114.00
5	—	746	96.00	96.00
4	—	374	100.00	100.00
3	—	537	104.00	104.00
3	—	317	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	650	119.00	119.00
52	—	562	119.00	119.00
34	—	500	128.50	128.50
21	—	735	105.00	105.00
17	—	417	121.00	121.00
5	—	837	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	120.00	120.00
2	—	430	123.00	123.00
1	—	495	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	808	119.50–122.00	119.77
29	—	580	144.00–153.00	145.79
41	—	666	125.50–146.00	142.03
54	—	641	105.00–150.00	137.72
74	—	713	130.00–133.00	131.87
18	—	855	112.00–112.50	112.20
12	—	979	100.00	100.00
11	—	774	114.00–122.00	115.48
4	—	453	135.00	135.00
3	—	523	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	815	119.50	119.50
22	—	648	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	134.00	134.00
1	—	920	80.00	80.00
2	—	393	115.00	115.00
5	—	343	136.00–150.00	147.35
9	—	758	71.00–115.00	108.29
19	—	574	118.00–154.00	149.11
23	—	419	161.00	161.00
25	—	640	143.00	143.00
31	—	484	123.00–164.00	157.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	101.00	101.00
2	—	690	84.00	84.00
5	—	575	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	150.00	150.00
5	—	484	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	584	125.00	125.00
6	—	633	121.50	121.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	104.00	104.00
3	—	477	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	568	150.00–154.00	152.19
21	—	494	151.00	151.00
18	—	425	161.00	161.00
11	—	836	105.00	105.00
7	—	969	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	654	140.50	140.50
26	—	747	123.50	123.50
14	—	497	164.00	164.00
3	—	618	122.00	122.00
3	—	532	141.50–142.00	141.67
2	—	353	152.00	152.00
1	—	440	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	745	90.00–130.50	127.72
13	—	662	144.00	144.00
5	—	499	160.00	160.00
1	—	885	104.00	104.00
1	—	630	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	729	70.00–102.00	88.37
5	—	584	124.00–128.00	126.39
2	—	688	110.00	110.00
2	—	535	118.00	118.00
2	—	415	131.00	131.00
1	—	455	110.00	110.00

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.