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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-11

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Mon, Oct 11

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Oct 4Oct 11Oct 16 →

Receipts

1,982 head

▲ 1,005 vs last sale 977▼ 16 vs year ago 1,998 · −0.8%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

REPORT FOR OCTOBER 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 $168.49/cwt on 1,064 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −171.92 against this barn's trailing median of $340.41.

Average price

$168.49

1,064 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$884

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$56.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.86

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	492	182.08	896	116
Medium and Large 2	483	172.59	834	267
Medium 1	536	170.84	916	450
Large 1	578	160.41	928	153
Medium and Large 1-2	637	152.13	970	16thin
Medium and Large 3	525	133.88	703	52
Small 1-2	494	125.70	621	10thin

One grade step is worth $56.38/cwt here — about $274 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 sale1,064 hd

168.49

—

WV average6 barns · 1,545 hd

164.63

+3.86

This barn, trailing median1 sales

340.41

−171.92

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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 1	185	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	342	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	293	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	481	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	343	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	569	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	347	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	680	35
Steers	—	Medium 1	353	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	695	8
Steers	—	Small 1-2	353	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	526	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	170.27/cwt	160.00–175.00	639	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	398	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	706	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	405	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	563	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	189.72/cwt	141.00–193.00	793	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	196.53/cwt	191.00–197.00	831	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	454	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	658	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	176.75/cwt	151.00–177.50	847	79
Steers	—	Small 1-2	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	909	8
Steers	—	Medium 1	481	185.81/cwt	161.00–186.00	894	134
Steers	—	Large 1	488	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	905	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	742	2
Steers	—	Large 1	536	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	884	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	536	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	839	41
Steers	—	Medium 1	538	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	928	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	877	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	547	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	700	12
Steers	—	Small 1-2	550	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	622	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	551	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	887	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	879	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	869	17
Steers	—	Medium 1	586	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	920	103
Steers	—	Large 1	589	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	895	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	856	2
Steers	—	Large 1	635	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,003	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	648	155.57/cwt	155.50–158.00	1,008	69
Steers	—	Large 1	651	150.84/cwt	144.00–151.00	982	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	651	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	934	26
Steers	—	Small 1-2	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	658	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	763	11
Steers	—	Large 1	700	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	812	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	738	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	841	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,003	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	989	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	791	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,147	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	967	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	315	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	413	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	345	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	493	43
Heifers	—	Medium 1	347	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	510	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	353	128.71/cwt	110.00–135.00	454	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1	358	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	483	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	366	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	465	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	147.83/cwt	130.00–148.50	618	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	151.56/cwt	141.00–152.00	635	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	429	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1	465	131.26/cwt	125.00–144.00	610	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	466	127.89/cwt	101.00–129.00	596	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	489	134.62/cwt	120.00–135.00	658	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	689	174
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	626	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	697	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	551	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	639	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	557	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	707	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	762	109
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	567	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	624	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	806	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	845	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	638	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	670	8
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	649	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	675	5
Heifers	—	Large 2	680	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	666	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	872	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	737	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	870	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	751	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	909	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	871	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,045	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	163.61/cwt	161.00–171.00	618	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	390	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	476	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	164.46/cwt	156.00–170.00	686	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	742	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	731	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	643	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	643	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 11, 2021

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

Receipts 1,982Last week 977Year ago 1,998

REPORT FOR OCTOBER 9, 2021

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	347	196.00	196.00
79	—	479	151.00–177.50	176.75
56	—	418	141.00–193.00	189.72
3	—	375	160.00–175.00	170.27
41	—	536	156.50	156.50
6	—	755	131.00	131.00
4	—	293	164.00	164.00
17	—	583	149.00	149.00
26	—	651	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	536	165.00	165.00
1	—	635	158.00	158.00
1	—	700	116.00	116.00
25	—	488	185.50	185.50
38	—	589	152.00	152.00
47	—	651	144.00–151.00	150.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	738	114.00	114.00
24	—	454	145.00	145.00
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
11	—	658	116.00	116.00
12	—	547	128.00	128.00
2	—	343	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	791	145.00	145.00
5	—	578	152.00	152.00
2	—	398	177.50	177.50
2	—	488	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	550	113.00	113.00
1	—	480	135.00	135.00
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
3	—	353	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	481	189.00	189.00
2	—	603	142.00	142.00
10	—	743	135.00	135.00
6	—	856	113.00	113.00
7	—	551	161.00	161.00
4	—	545	161.00	161.00
79	—	423	191.00–197.00	196.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	586	157.00	157.00
11	—	185	185.00	185.00
8	—	353	197.00	197.00
3	—	405	139.00	139.00
134	—	481	161.00–186.00	185.81
122	—	538	172.50	172.50
69	—	648	155.50–158.00	155.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	161.00–171.00	163.61
2	—	558	131.00	131.00
3	—	512	145.00	145.00
8	—	417	156.00–170.00	164.46
2	—	470	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	122.00	122.00
2	—	643	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	635	133.00	133.00
174	—	492	140.00	140.00
109	—	562	135.50	135.50
98	—	419	141.00–152.00	151.56
3	—	540	129.00	129.00
6	—	733	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	347	147.00	147.00
3	—	465	125.00–144.00	131.26
2	—	358	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	450	120.00	120.00
1	—	315	131.00	131.00
6	—	567	110.00	110.00
5	—	649	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	751	121.00	121.00
4	—	871	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	737	118.00	118.00
3	—	505	124.00	124.00
21	—	630	128.00	128.00
84	—	418	130.00–148.50	147.83
75	—	489	120.00–135.00	134.62
4	—	353	110.00–135.00	128.71
43	—	345	143.00	143.00
37	—	557	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	638	105.00	105.00
26	—	466	101.00–129.00	127.89
21	—	551	116.00	116.00
1	—	425	101.00	101.00
9	—	366	127.00	127.00

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.