Sale reports / West Virginia / South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange / 2020-11-07

South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-07

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 7

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Oct 24Nov 7Apr 3 →

Receipts

390 head

▼ 306 vs last sale 696▼ 7 vs year ago 397 · −1.8%

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.59/cwt on 204 head.

Average price

$118.59

204 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$91

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$34.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.83

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	414	125.36	519	8thin
Medium and Large 1	575	121.54	698	71
Medium and Large 2	517	119.34	617	78
Medium and Large 1-2	474	117.61	558	23
Small 1-2	581	110.11	640	9thin
Medium and Large 3	529	104.64	553	14thin
Large 1	670	91.00	610	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.36/cwt here — about −$91 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 sale204 hd

118.59

—

WV average4 barns · 429 hd

114.77

+3.83

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

Every lot

66 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	525	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	345	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	421	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	380	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	437	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	636	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	400	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	456	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	706	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	696	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	457	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	544	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	458	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	540	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	757	4
Steers	—	Medium 1	485	163.81/cwt	162.00–165.00	794	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	581	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	799	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	149.50/cwt	145.00–150.00	795	10
Steers	—	Medium 1	540	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	815	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	565	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	644	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	817	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	860	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	598	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	748	3
Steers	—	Medium 1	630	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	668	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	643	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	836	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	650	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	865	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	901	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	696	135.36/cwt	135.00–136.00	942	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	714	120.88/cwt	110.00–123.00	863	6
Steers	—	Large 1	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	956	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	749	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	951	6
Steers	—	Small 1-2	758	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	838	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	820	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	828	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,084	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	863	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,109	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,058	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	984	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 1	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	342	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	428	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	358	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	376	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	440	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	454	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1	425	124.70/cwt	123.00–125.00	530	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	432	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	534	9
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	443	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	532	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	443	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	483	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	556	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	522	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	494	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	608	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	626	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	605	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	564	7
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	537	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	618	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	121.10/cwt	112.00–121.50	682	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	709	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	568	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	613	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	651	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	729	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	752	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	670	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	675	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	702	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	705	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	691	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	710	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	667	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	745	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	782	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	772	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	766	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	835	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	777	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	520	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	648	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	769	4

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 Nov 7, 2020

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Receipts 390Last week 696Year ago 397

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	532	145.00–150.00	149.50
2	—	643	130.00	130.00
1	—	330	159.00	159.00
1	—	820	101.00	101.00
2	—	395	161.00	161.00
4	—	476	159.00	159.00
6	—	714	110.00–123.00	120.88
5	—	438	159.00	159.00
8	—	571	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	840	129.00	129.00
2	—	1,058	93.00	93.00
3	—	598	125.00	125.00
5	—	735	130.00	130.00
11	—	696	135.00–136.00	135.36
14	—	863	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	114.00	114.00
1	—	505	115.00	115.00
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
3	—	457	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	165.00	165.00
4	—	529	151.00	151.00
7	—	581	148.00	148.00
14	—	658	137.00	137.00
6	—	749	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	106.00	106.00
5	—	485	162.00–165.00	163.81
2	—	540	151.00	151.00
1	—	650	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	115.00	115.00
1	—	345	122.00	122.00
3	—	565	114.00	114.00
2	—	458	118.00	118.00
2	—	758	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	115.00	115.00
8	—	526	115.00	115.00
12	—	463	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	494	123.00	123.00
1	—	395	115.00	115.00
7	—	532	106.00	106.00
9	—	342	125.00	125.00
9	—	432	123.50	123.50
24	—	563	112.00–121.50	121.10
2	—	745	105.00	105.00
9	—	651	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	443	109.00	109.00
1	—	470	111.00	111.00
1	—	835	93.00	93.00
3	—	705	98.00	98.00
3	—	358	105.00	105.00
2	—	568	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	654	115.00	115.00
7	—	757	102.00	102.00
1	—	815	94.00	94.00
26	—	496	126.25	126.25
27	—	565	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	104.00	104.00
1	—	710	94.00	94.00
2	—	443	120.00	120.00
3	—	537	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	123.00–125.00	124.70
1	—	335	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	450	144.00	144.00
4	—	430	121.00	121.00
4	—	669	115.00	115.00

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.