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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Apr 3

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Nov 7Apr 3Apr 10 →

Receipts

496 head

▲ 106 vs last sale 390▼ 102 vs year ago 598 · −17.1%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next Feeder Cattle Sale April 10, 2021; Take in on April 9, 2021

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 $155.38/cwt on 266 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −185.02 against this barn's trailing median of $340.41.

Average price

$155.38

266 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$941

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$113

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

$44.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.83

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	167.70	924	118
Medium 1	625	155.93	975	63
Medium and Large 2	549	151.06	829	26
Large 1	608	146.44	891	9thin
Medium 1-2	636	146.00	929	9thin
Large 1-2	435	140.00	609	1thin
Small 1-2	432	136.67	590	3thin
Medium and Large 3	613	130.75	802	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	844	122.92	1,037	29

One grade step is worth $44.77/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale266 hd

155.38

—

WV average5 barns · 544 hd

150.55

+4.83

This barn, trailing median1 sales

340.41

−185.02

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

Every lot

58 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1-2	335	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	486	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	616	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	672	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	706	7
Steers	—	Small 1-2	430	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	538	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	154.89/cwt	153.00–161.00	737	4
Steers	—	Medium 1	480	172.46/cwt	161.00–174.00	828	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	177.20/cwt	172.00–181.00	859	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	503	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	709	2
Steers	—	Large 1	530	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	795	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	530	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	742	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	804	3
Steers	—	Medium 1	573	157.28/cwt	150.00–163.00	901	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	890	6
Steers	—	Large 1	581	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	883	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	164.34/cwt	163.00–166.00	961	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	617	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	851	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	625	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	875	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	997	24
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	636	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	929	9
Steers	—	Large 1	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	4
Steers	—	Medium 1	668	154.06/cwt	152.50–155.00	1,029	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	727	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,011	3
Steers	—	Medium 1	731	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,060	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,059	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	790	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	869	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	833	120.25/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,002	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	115.68/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,006	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	925	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	971	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	929	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,152	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	1,125	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	788	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 1	335	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	472	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	352	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	451	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	110.94/cwt	101.00–120.00	419	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1	425	133.64/cwt	130.00–134.00	568	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	132.75/cwt	115.00–134.00	564	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	461	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	516	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	664	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	487	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	643	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	497	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	666	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	555	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	672	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	134.00/cwt	128.00–138.00	779	48
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	585	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	608	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	772	11
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	632	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	689	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	637	115.92/cwt	109.00–117.00	738	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	793	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	879	7
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	738	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	775	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	763	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	687	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	109.39/cwt	101.00–116.00	853	9
Heifers	—	Medium 1	815	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	823	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1	915	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	906	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	552	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	773	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 Apr 3, 2021

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

Receipts 496Last week 390Year ago 598

Next Feeder Cattle Sale April 10, 2021; Take in on April 9, 2021

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	101.00–120.00	110.94
2	—	763	90.00	90.00
14	—	487	132.00	132.00
7	—	637	109.00–117.00	115.92
7	—	555	121.00	121.00
15	—	425	115.00–134.00	132.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	352	128.00	128.00
4	—	461	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	497	134.00	134.00
18	—	650	122.00	122.00
7	—	715	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
1	—	815	101.00	101.00
1	—	915	99.00	99.00
11	—	425	130.00–134.00	133.64
1	—	335	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	581	128.00–138.00	134.00
9	—	780	101.00–116.00	109.39
11	—	625	123.50	123.50
2	—	345	135.00	135.00
13	—	481	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	104.00	104.00
3	—	632	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	738	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	727	139.00	139.00
2	—	360	171.00	171.00
6	—	578	154.00	154.00
4	—	476	153.00–161.00	154.89
1	—	925	105.00	105.00
6	—	405	166.00	166.00
3	—	617	138.00	138.00
1	—	790	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	140.00	140.00
1	—	440	131.00	131.00
2	—	503	141.00	141.00
1	—	1,125	70.00	70.00
3	—	570	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	485	172.00–181.00	177.20
24	—	631	158.00	158.00
7	—	413	171.00	171.00
48	—	585	163.00–166.00	164.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	668	152.50–155.00	154.06
10	—	731	145.00	145.00
8	—	480	161.00–174.00	172.46
19	—	573	150.00–163.00	157.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	636	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	833	120.00–121.00	120.25
6	—	779	136.00	136.00
4	—	929	124.00	124.00
7	—	870	114.00–120.00	115.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	145.00	145.00
1	—	530	140.00	140.00
1	—	430	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	150.00	150.00
4	—	581	152.00	152.00
4	—	655	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	140.00	140.00

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.