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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-18

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Apr 18

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Apr 11Apr 18Apr 25 →

Receipts

1,558 head

▲ 283 vs last sale 1,275▲ 1,558 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

56 head of 700# (estimated) board sale heifers included

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.37/cwt on 806 head.

Average price

$114.37

806 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

per head · Medium 1 over Large 2

$43.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.50

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	435	124.43	541	36
Medium and Large 2	538	119.60	644	148
Medium and Large 1	607	117.27	712	202
Medium and Large 3	491	112.13	550	48
Medium and Large 1-2	703	110.43	776	350
Small 1-2	537	105.93	569	20
Medium 2	510	81.00	413	1thin
Large 2	500	81.00	405	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.43/cwt here — about $136 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 sale806 hd

114.37

—

WV average6 barns · 1,382 hd

117.86

−3.50

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

Every lot

89 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 1	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	342	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	475	3
Steers	—	Medium 1	355	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	547	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	357	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	571	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	692	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	592	12
Steers	—	Medium 1	421	154.98/cwt	151.00–156.00	652	5
Steers	—	Small 1-2	423	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	516	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	718	11
Steers	—	Small 1-2	476	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	576	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	478	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	545	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	487	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	682	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	160.74/cwt	156.50–164.00	792	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	494	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	711	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	506	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	815	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	512	155.95/cwt	136.00–160.00	798	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	543	120.72/cwt	109.00–123.00	656	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	153.86/cwt	139.00–156.00	869	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	565	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	616	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	152.67/cwt	134.00–159.00	866	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	161.62/cwt	161.00–162.00	944	26
Steers	—	Medium 1	585	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	831	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	891	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	841	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	639	135.54/cwt	125.00–136.00	866	24
Steers	—	Medium 1	641	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	865	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	648	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	765	5
Steers	—	Large 1	649	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	876	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	855	2
Steers	—	Large 1	663	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	802	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	668	117.51/cwt	115.00–120.00	785	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	135.57/cwt	109.00–144.00	916	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	871	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	126.61/cwt	113.00–137.00	922	56
Steers	—	Large 1	728	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	881	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	735	88.01/cwt	87.00–89.00	647	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	740	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	799	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	749	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	906	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	751	121.73/cwt	118.00–122.50	914	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	761	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	879	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	831	109.13/cwt	109.00–110.00	907	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	840	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	848	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	859	105.67/cwt	105.00–106.00	908	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	894	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	939	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	902	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	992	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	905	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	824	33
Steers	—	Medium 1	968	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	968	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	1,075	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,183	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	315	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	312	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1	330	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	432	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	346	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	446	4
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	370	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	352	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	462	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	389	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	459	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1	417	128.27/cwt	100.00–130.50	535	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	541	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	522	21
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	462	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	467	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1	470	118.99/cwt	117.00–120.00	559	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	606	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	493	119.52/cwt	90.00–123.00	589	46
Heifers	—	Large 2	500	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	405	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	510	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	413	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	14
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	552	114.82/cwt	100.00–117.00	634	8
Heifers	—	Medium 1	555	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	624	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	704	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	697	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	127.46/cwt	126.50–129.50	741	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	119.76/cwt	116.50–123.50	739	79
Heifers	—	Medium 1	630	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	699	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1Fleshy	635	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	584	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	636	113.86/cwt	91.00–116.00	724	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	638	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	657	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	749	58
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	654	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	661	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	107.36/cwt	97.00–120.00	731	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	763	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	738	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	744	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	759	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	106.46/cwt	100.00–110.50	828	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	828	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	787	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	831	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	844	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	798	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	963	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	905	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	578	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	686	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	736	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 Special Graded Sale - Moorefield, WV

Sat Apr 18, 2020

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Receipts 1,558Last week 1,275Year ago 0

56 head of 700# (estimated) board sale heifers included

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	120.00	120.00
2	—	478	121.00	121.00
3	—	512	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	487	140.00	140.00
6	—	543	109.00–123.00	120.72
5	—	648	118.00	118.00
3	—	565	109.00	109.00
3	—	342	139.00	139.00
2	—	735	87.00–89.00	88.01
12	—	420	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	565	139.00–156.00	153.86
24	—	639	125.00–136.00	135.54
20	—	417	166.00	166.00
19	—	512	136.00–160.00	155.95
9	—	761	115.50	115.50
6	—	357	160.00	160.00
4	—	494	144.00	144.00
3	—	859	105.00–106.00	105.67
2	—	663	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	728	113.00–137.00	126.61
54	—	676	109.00–144.00	135.57
41	—	751	118.00–122.50	121.73
27	—	902	110.00	110.00
26	—	584	161.00–162.00	161.62
16	—	831	109.00–110.00	109.13
10	—	632	141.00	141.00
8	—	894	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	905	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	567	134.00–159.00	152.67
39	—	493	156.50–164.00	160.74
19	—	637	132.00	132.00
11	—	506	161.00	161.00
11	—	430	167.00	167.00
5	—	723	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	840	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	641	135.00	135.00
19	—	749	121.00	121.00
5	—	421	151.00–156.00	154.98
4	—	355	154.00	154.00
2	—	968	100.00	100.00
2	—	668	115.00–120.00	117.51
2	—	585	142.00	142.00
1	—	1,075	110.00	110.00
1	—	340	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	649	135.00	135.00
6	—	728	121.00	121.00
2	—	663	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	476	121.00	121.00
2	—	423	122.00	122.00
1	—	740	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	552	100.00–117.00	114.82
5	—	654	101.00	101.00
5	—	462	101.00	101.00
2	—	370	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	450	116.00	116.00
14	—	550	110.00	110.00
6	—	638	103.00	103.00
5	—	389	118.00	118.00
2	—	315	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	111.00	111.00
21	—	417	100.00–130.50	128.27
6	—	470	117.00–120.00	118.99
4	—	330	131.00	131.00
2	—	555	110.00–115.00	112.52
1	—	375	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	493	90.00–123.00	119.52
31	—	636	91.00–116.00	113.86
30	—	562	124.00	124.00
25	—	423	128.00	128.00
7	—	744	102.00	102.00
4	—	346	129.00	129.00
3	—	828	95.00	95.00
2	—	388	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	778	100.00–110.50	106.46
79	—	617	116.50–123.50	119.76
75	—	681	97.00–120.00	107.36
25	—	581	126.50–129.50	127.46
6	—	963	94.00	94.00
56	—	700	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	844	94.50	94.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	646	116.00	116.00
54	—	561	125.50	125.50
52	—	493	123.00	123.00
26	—	738	100.00	100.00
12	—	839	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	81.00	81.00

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.