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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 24

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Oct 17Oct 24Nov 7 →

Receipts

696 head

▼ 1,302 vs last sale 1,998▼ 176 vs year ago 872 · −20.2%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.15/cwt on 334 head.

Average price

$116.15

334 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$18.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.98

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	118.90	654	184
Medium and Large 2	500	116.66	583	102
Medium 1	547	111.17	608	6thin
Medium and Large 3	524	105.91	555	22
Large 1	850	105.00	893	1thin
Small 1-2	557	100.94	562	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	710	100.00	710	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.90/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale334 hd

116.15

—

WV average6 barns · 748 hd

112.17

+3.98

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

Every lot

63 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	362	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	597	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	410	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	525	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	720	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	153.17/cwt	153.00–154.00	671	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	463	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	560	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	463	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	528	5
Steers	—	Medium 1	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	724	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	152.07/cwt	151.00–160.00	724	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	738	15
Steers	—	Medium 1	528	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	750	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	123.96/cwt	121.00–126.00	657	5
Steers	—	Small 1-2	530	114.79/cwt	114.50–116.00	608	5
Steers	—	Large 1	537	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	760	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	2
Steers	—	Large 1	570	135.81/cwt	109.00–138.00	774	13
Steers	—	Medium 1	575	142.84/cwt	141.00–143.00	821	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	133.20/cwt	119.00–134.00	766	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	597	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	770	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	683	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	641	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	843	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	652	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	815	5
Steers	—	Large 1	655	131.00/cwt	115.00–131.50	858	46
Steers	—	Small 1-2	658	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	697	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	735	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	742	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	921	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	738	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	893	2
Steers	—	Large 1	760	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	821	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	997	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	951	4
Steers	—	Medium 1	823	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	930	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	825	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	875	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	850	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	944	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	950	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,017	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	347	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	416	6
Heifers	—	Medium 1	353	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	417	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	519	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	535	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	443	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	487	8
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	469	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	478	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	487	118.51/cwt	111.00–119.00	577	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	600	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	541	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	568	10
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	545	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	556	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	672	74
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	565	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	565	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	114.76/cwt	110.00–115.00	654	20
Heifers	—	Medium 1	580	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	655	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	115.59/cwt	100.00–116.50	728	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	101.10/cwt	100.00–109.00	637	8
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	635	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	635	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	644	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	644	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	672	100.49/cwt	100.00–101.00	675	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	672	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	738	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1	820	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	820	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	850	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	893	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	498	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	506	3

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 Oct 24, 2020

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

Receipts 696Last week 1,998Year ago 872

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	100.00	100.00
1	—	545	102.00	102.00
7	—	469	102.00	102.00
4	—	565	100.00	100.00
2	—	735	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	347	120.00	120.00
2	—	715	100.00	100.00
34	—	487	111.00–119.00	118.51
4	—	672	100.00–101.00	100.49
28	—	422	123.00	123.00
8	—	630	100.00–109.00	101.10
20	—	570	110.00–115.00	114.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	428	125.00	125.00
3	—	672	100.00	100.00
5	—	738	100.00	100.00
74	—	562	119.50	119.50
44	—	496	121.00	121.00
36	—	630	100.00–116.50	115.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	443	110.00	110.00
4	—	644	100.00	100.00
10	—	541	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	820	100.00	100.00
3	—	353	118.00	118.00
1	—	580	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	106.00	106.00
5	—	463	114.00	114.00
1	—	410	128.00	128.00
5	—	530	114.50–116.00	114.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	112.00	112.00
1	—	825	106.00	106.00
15	—	527	140.00	140.00
18	—	575	119.00–134.00	133.20
3	—	362	165.00	165.00
5	—	652	125.00	125.00
6	—	438	153.00–154.00	153.17
11	—	473	153.00	153.00
2	—	738	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	785	127.00	127.00
5	—	530	121.00–126.00	123.96
12	—	737	125.00	125.00
4	—	820	116.00	116.00
3	—	597	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	416	173.00	173.00
2	—	565	110.00	110.00
33	—	476	151.00–160.00	152.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	101.00	101.00
2	—	600	110.00	110.00
3	—	463	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	641	131.50	131.50
34	—	528	142.00	142.00
1	—	465	160.00	160.00
1	—	850	111.00	111.00
1	—	950	107.00	107.00
2	—	823	113.00	113.00
25	—	575	141.00–143.00	142.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	655	115.00–131.50	131.00
13	—	537	141.50	141.50
1	—	760	108.00	108.00
13	—	570	109.00–138.00	135.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	130.00	130.00
3	—	418	121.00	121.00

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.