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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-10

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 10

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

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Receipts

2,141 head

▲ 993 vs last sale 1,148▼ 63 vs year ago 2,204 · −2.9%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.80/cwt on 1,121 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −193.61 against this barn's trailing median of $340.41.

Average price

$146.80

1,121 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$825

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$51.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.93

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	469	165.76	777	82
Medium and Large 2	513	151.63	777	318
Medium 1	570	150.43	857	364
Medium 1-2	465	149.00	693	2thin
Large 1	617	139.77	862	196
Medium and Large 1-2	741	129.22	958	74
Medium and Large 3	509	128.77	656	47
Medium and Large 2-3	227	125.00	284	3thin
Small 1-2	567	123.50	701	34
Small 1	545	114.00	621	1thin

One grade step is worth $51.76/cwt here — about $155 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 sale1,121 hd

146.80

—

WV average6 barns · 1,934 hd

145.87

+0.93

This barn, trailing median1 sales

340.41

−193.61

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

Every lot

98 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 · Steers59 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	227	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	284	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	558	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	538	19
Steers	—	Medium 1	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	341	140.07/cwt	120.00–142.00	478	10
Steers	—	Small 1-2	350	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	462	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	384	181.64/cwt	161.00–184.00	697	28
Steers	—	Large 1	385	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	697	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	702	15
Steers	—	Medium 1	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	425	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	563	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	166.42/cwt	111.00–169.00	712	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	762	33
Steers	—	Large 1	435	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	718	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	596	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	456	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	575	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	462	128.04/cwt	116.00–129.00	592	14
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	465	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	693	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	170.38/cwt	160.00–173.00	801	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	161.92/cwt	117.00–167.50	774	67
Steers	—	Large 1	480	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	773	15
Steers	—	Medium 1	481	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	847	79
Steers	—	Small 1-2	505	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	601	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	137.37/cwt	120.00–146.00	707	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	754	61
Steers	—	Medium 1	528	155.80/cwt	155.80–155.80	823	72
Steers	—	Large 1	531	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	770	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	780	11
Steers	—	Small 1	545	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	621	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	11
Steers	—	Small 1-2	557	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	635	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	133.92/cwt	112.50–135.50	771	43
Steers	—	Medium 1	577	142.98/cwt	120.00–143.50	825	94
Steers	—	Large 1	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	825	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	599	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	755	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	113.58/cwt	107.00–123.00	694	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	639	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	850	40
Steers	—	Medium 1	641	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	880	96
Steers	—	Large 1	641	137.05/cwt	120.00–137.50	878	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	786	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	649	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	837	7
Steers	—	Small 1-2	651	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	833	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	116.63/cwt	110.00–127.00	790	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	896	4
Steers	—	Small 1-2	729	125.81/cwt	125.00–126.00	917	5
Steers	—	Medium 1	736	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	957	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	738	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	967	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	740	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	969	4
Steers	—	Large 1	744	129.90/cwt	127.00–130.00	966	28
Steers	—	Large 1	750	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	945	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	130.28/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,017	20
Steers	—	Small 1-2	815	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,027	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	135.85/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,137	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	858	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,133	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	860	127.39/cwt	123.00–128.50	1,096	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	885	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,115	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,181	2
Steers	—	Large 1	965	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,129	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 1	305	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	357	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 2-3	346	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	356	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	348	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	428	16
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	350	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	403	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1	360	132.77/cwt	116.00–135.00	478	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	122.21/cwt	114.00–130.00	471	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	390	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	406	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	143.82/cwt	136.00–144.00	601	86
Heifers	—	Medium 1	420	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	550	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	613	58
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	438	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	499	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	459	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	597	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	636	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	491	127.57/cwt	110.00–128.25	626	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	638	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	126.52/cwt	110.00–128.50	639	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	117.41/cwt	110.00–122.00	616	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	22
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	558	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	633	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	561	123.10/cwt	110.00–123.50	691	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	123.06/cwt	115.00–123.50	693	157
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	634	116.99/cwt	110.00–117.25	742	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	639	117.75/cwt	117.75–117.75	752	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	750	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	111.70/cwt	107.00–114.00	715	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	651	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	658	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	725	110.81/cwt	109.00–116.50	803	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	739	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	828	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	777	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	884	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	806	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	915	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	818	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	892	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	875	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	919	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	885	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	947	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	551	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	644	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	122.20/cwt	117.50–127.00	633	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	729	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.

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

Sat Oct 10, 2020

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

Receipts 2,141Last week 1,148Year ago 2,204

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	677	110.00–127.00	116.63
4	—	708	126.00–127.00	126.50
6	—	515	120.00–146.00	137.37
20	—	781	126.00–132.00	130.28
8	—	858	132.00	132.00
4	—	581	142.00	142.00
5	—	611	107.00–123.00	113.58
14	—	837	129.00–137.00	135.85
2	—	945	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	384	161.00–184.00	181.64
43	—	576	112.50–135.50	133.92
61	—	527	143.00	143.00
5	—	860	123.00–128.50	127.39
40	—	639	133.00	133.00
67	—	478	117.00–167.50	161.92
19	—	328	164.00	164.00
43	—	428	111.00–169.00	166.42
12	—	738	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	462	116.00–129.00	128.04
7	—	649	129.00	129.00
11	—	555	118.00	118.00
1	—	445	134.00	134.00
4	—	740	131.00	131.00
10	—	341	120.00–142.00	140.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	227	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	538	145.00	145.00
15	—	388	181.00	181.00
2	—	885	126.00	126.00
4	—	599	126.00	126.00
4	—	644	122.00	122.00
33	—	432	176.50	176.50
10	—	470	160.00–173.00	170.38
3	—	328	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	481	176.00	176.00
94	—	577	120.00–143.50	142.98
96	—	641	137.25	137.25
19	—	736	130.00	130.00
1	—	330	140.00	140.00
72	—	528	155.80	155.80
2	—	425	132.50	132.50
1	—	390	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	117.00	117.00
15	—	480	161.00	161.00
77	—	641	120.00–137.50	137.05
28	—	744	127.00–130.00	129.90
1	—	385	181.00	181.00
1	—	750	126.00	126.00
5	—	435	165.00	165.00
4	—	531	145.00	145.00
64	—	580	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	132.00	132.00
8	—	557	114.00	114.00
1	—	815	126.00	126.00
9	—	456	126.00	126.00
2	—	505	118.00–120.00	119.01
5	—	729	125.00–126.00	125.81
7	—	651	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	555	118.00	118.00
16	—	639	117.75	117.75
4	—	725	109.00–116.50	110.81
16	—	348	123.00	123.00
16	—	459	130.00	130.00
1	—	390	104.00	104.00
2	—	818	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	492	129.75	129.75
8	—	806	113.50	113.50
15	—	525	110.00–122.00	117.41
6	—	769	115.00	115.00
3	—	640	107.00–114.00	111.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	634	110.00–117.25	116.99
68	—	561	110.00–123.50	123.10
86	—	418	136.00–144.00	143.82
2	—	385	114.00–130.00	122.21
108	—	491	110.00–128.25	127.57
6	—	739	112.00	112.00
10	—	505	110.00–128.50	126.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	423	145.00	145.00
103	—	490	129.75	129.75
8	—	740	105.00	105.00
157	—	563	115.00–123.50	123.06
49	—	640	117.25	117.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	120.00	120.00
1	—	420	131.00	131.00
9	—	360	116.00–135.00	132.77
1	—	305	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	115.00	115.00
8	—	558	113.50	113.50
1	—	885	107.00	107.00
2	—	438	114.00	114.00
4	—	651	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	346	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	117.50–127.00	122.20
2	—	663	110.00	110.00
2	—	365	151.00	151.00
8	—	410	157.00	157.00

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.