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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-04

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Mon, Oct 4

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Sep 18Oct 4Oct 11 →

Receipts

977 head

▲ 556 vs last sale 421▼ 1,164 vs year ago 2,141 · −54.4%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SALE REPORT FOR 10/02/2021

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 $159.96/cwt on 550 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −180.45 against this barn's trailing median of $340.41.

Average price

$159.96

550 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1-2

$60.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.68

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	540	170.39	919	122
Medium and Large 1	585	168.88	987	106
Medium and Large 2	537	161.11	866	125
Large 1	575	160.78	925	99
Medium and Large 2-3	352	151.25	532	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	744	140.10	1,043	53
Large 2	425	139.00	591	1thin
Medium and Large 3	471	132.31	623	16thin
Medium 2	480	130.00	624	1thin
Small 1-2	566	123.71	701	21
Large 1-2	813	110.00	894	2thin

One grade step is worth $60.39/cwt here — about $26 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 sale550 hd

159.96

—

WV average6 barns · 932 hd

156.28

+3.68

This barn, trailing median1 sales

340.41

−180.45

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

Every lot

79 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 · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	282	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	451	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	518	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	346	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	657	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	350	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	508	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	356	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	662	7
Steers	—	Medium 1	375	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	641	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	830	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	186.55/cwt	140.00–192.00	787	28
Steers	—	Large 2	425	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	591	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	425	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	578	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	447	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	648	5
Steers	—	Small 1-2	457	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	640	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	742	6
Steers	—	Medium 1	480	185.14/cwt	172.00–186.00	889	33
Steers	—	Medium 2	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	869	22
Steers	—	Large 1	489	184.39/cwt	173.00–185.00	902	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	654	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	863	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	795	12
Steers	—	Large 1	539	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	873	25
Steers	—	Medium 1	541	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	926	52
Steers	—	Small 1-2	548	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	767	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	564	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	620	4
Steers	—	Large 1	579	158.22/cwt	150.00–159.00	916	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	965	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	589	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	884	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	613	137.68/cwt	136.00–140.00	844	19
Steers	—	Large 1	638	124.77/cwt	114.00–130.00	796	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	643	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	598	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	647	148.72/cwt	111.00–150.00	962	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	651	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	931	15
Steers	—	Large 1	654	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	981	29
Steers	—	Large 1-2	665	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	738	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	976	18
Steers	—	Small 1-2	683	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	717	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	742	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	816	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	747	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,023	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,026	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	852	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,005	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	863	133.86/cwt	114.00–139.00	1,155	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	892	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,276	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,242	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	960	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,046	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	346	135.73/cwt	125.00–137.00	470	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	359	141.69/cwt	140.00–142.00	509	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	361	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	397	9
Heifers	—	Medium 1	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	414	141.26/cwt	131.00–142.00	585	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	595	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	483	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	529	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	486	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	637	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	139.99/cwt	135.00–140.25	689	80
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	498	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	548	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1	510	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	689	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	562	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	553	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	608	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	760	47
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	562	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	590	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	564	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	733	18
Heifers	—	Large 1	623	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	822	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	628	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	772	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	827	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	648	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	667	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	725	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	580	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	743	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	788	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	825	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	660	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2Fleshy	860	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	783	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	302	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	456	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	804	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	698	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	683	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	720	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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Mon Oct 4, 2021

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

Receipts 977Last week 421Year ago 2,141

SALE REPORT FOR 10/02/2021

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	584	117.00	117.00
2	—	673	107.00	107.00
6	—	513	136.00	136.00
2	—	473	170.00	170.00
3	—	302	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	564	130.00	130.00
7	—	628	123.00	123.00
32	—	414	131.00–142.00	141.26
1	—	825	80.00	80.00
9	—	346	125.00–137.00	135.73
31	—	486	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	557	136.50	136.50
44	—	419	142.00	142.00
14	—	359	140.00–142.00	141.69
24	—	636	130.00	130.00
80	—	492	135.00–140.25	139.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
1	—	725	80.00	80.00
8	—	562	105.00	105.00
4	—	498	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	115.00	115.00
9	—	361	110.00	110.00
8	—	553	110.00	110.00
3	—	743	106.00	106.00
3	—	648	103.00	103.00
5	—	460	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	623	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	135.00	135.00
1	—	365	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	541	171.25	171.25
1	—	375	171.00	171.00
6	—	346	190.00	190.00
30	—	647	111.00–150.00	148.72
33	—	480	172.00–186.00	185.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	892	143.00	143.00
8	—	747	137.00	137.00
25	—	419	198.00	198.00
61	—	583	165.50	165.50
2	—	523	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	539	162.00	162.00
23	—	579	150.00–159.00	158.22
29	—	654	150.00	150.00
19	—	489	173.00–185.00	184.39
3	—	638	114.00–130.00	124.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	111.00	111.00
1	—	960	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	136.00	136.00
3	—	742	110.00	110.00
4	—	548	140.00	140.00
4	—	683	105.00	105.00
1	—	320	130.00	130.00
5	—	457	140.00	140.00
2	—	643	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	356	186.00	186.00
13	—	589	150.00	150.00
22	—	483	180.00	180.00
1	—	320	162.00	162.00
28	—	422	140.00–192.00	186.55
5	—	852	118.00	118.00
19	—	613	136.00–140.00	137.68
3	—	740	130.00	130.00
12	—	530	150.00	150.00
15	—	651	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	783	131.00	131.00
6	—	458	162.00	162.00
2	—	920	135.00	135.00
18	—	678	144.00	144.00
19	—	863	114.00–139.00	133.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	447	145.00	145.00
1	—	775	100.00	100.00
4	—	564	110.00	110.00
5	—	350	145.00	145.00
1	—	515	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	282	160.00	160.00
1	—	560	125.00	125.00

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.