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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-24

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

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Apr 17Apr 24Sep 18 →

Receipts

364 head

▼ 780 vs last sale 1,144▼ 147 vs year ago 511 · −28.8%

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 $126.70/cwt on 181 head.

Average price

$126.70

181 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 2

$37.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.93

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	131.93	730	87
Medium and Large 2	537	129.32	694	44
Medium 1	645	123.67	798	3thin
Large 1	660	118.00	779	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	843	117.50	991	21
Medium and Large 3	502	114.88	577	17thin
Small 1	665	107.17	712	6thin
Small 2	718	94.00	675	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.93/cwt here — about $55 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 sale181 hd

126.70

—

WV average6 barns · 656 hd

128.63

−1.93

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	403	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	669	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	411	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	727	8
Steers	—	Medium 1	412	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	725	9
Steers	—	Small 1-2	435	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	657	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	620	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	460	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	437	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	877	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	890	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	538	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	866	11
Steers	—	Medium 1	538	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	861	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	923	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	891	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,053	18
Steers	—	Large 1	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	680	130.00/cwt	110.00–150.00	884	2
Steers	—	Large 1	738	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,070	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	738	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	900	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	749	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,056	11
Steers	—	Medium 1	780	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,022	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	856	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,096	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	964	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,157	6
Steers	—	Medium 1	1,010	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,061	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,011	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,153	16
Steers	—	Medium 1	1,050	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,145	1
Steers	—	Large 1	1,060	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,177	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,204	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,084	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	473	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	373	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	451	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	571	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	134.41/cwt	133.00–135.00	574	7
Heifers	—	Small 1	430	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	495	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	465	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	535	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	594	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	650	24
Heifers	—	Medium 1	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	491	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	673	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	669	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	756	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	713	12
Heifers	—	Large 1	600	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	786	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	617	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	537	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	634	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	812	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	878	11
Heifers	—	Small 1	718	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	754	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	718	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	725	3
Heifers	—	Small 2	718	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	675	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	720	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	756	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	720	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	540	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	850	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	783	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	900	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	805	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	757	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	867	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,027	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	956	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1	965	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,071	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	1,015	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	954	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	681	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	775	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 24, 2021

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

Receipts 364Last week 1,144Year ago 511

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	105.00	105.00
1	—	780	131.00	131.00
9	—	412	176.00	176.00
2	—	538	160.00	160.00
1	—	1,050	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	141.00	141.00
8	—	1,204	90.00	90.00
4	—	500	178.00	178.00
6	—	964	120.00	120.00
16	—	1,011	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	411	177.00	177.00
2	—	738	122.00	122.00
2	—	680	110.00–150.00	130.00
11	—	538	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	738	145.00	145.00
1	—	670	130.00	130.00
2	—	1,060	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	166.00	166.00
2	—	575	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	490	179.00	179.00
11	—	749	141.00	141.00
14	—	556	166.00	166.00
18	—	650	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	856	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	94.00	94.00
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
1	—	465	115.00	115.00
1	—	718	105.00	105.00
1	—	805	94.00	94.00
1	—	430	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	130.00	130.00
1	—	965	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	564	134.00	134.00
4	—	869	110.00	110.00
6	—	769	110.00–111.00	110.50
11	—	660	133.00	133.00
24	—	485	134.00	134.00
17	—	414	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	783	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	427	133.00–135.00	134.41
1	—	535	125.00	125.00
3	—	718	101.00	101.00
2	—	340	139.00	139.00
12	—	566	126.00	126.00
11	—	491	137.00	137.00
8	—	634	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	87.00	87.00
2	—	373	121.00	121.00
11	—	475	125.00	125.00
1	—	720	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	718	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	105.00	105.00
1	—	600	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	867	118.50	118.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	149.00	149.00
2	—	410	166.00	166.00

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.