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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 23

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Oct 16Oct 23Nov 6 →

Receipts

815 head

▼ 1,179 vs last sale 1,994▲ 119 vs year ago 696 · +17.1%

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 $131.13/cwt on 401 head.

Average price

$131.13

401 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$35.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.41

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	406	136.46	554	13thin
Medium and Large 1	529	135.04	715	213
Medium and Large 1-2	601	130.65	785	27
Medium and Large 2	479	130.02	623	114
Medium and Large 3	477	111.59	532	17thin
Small 1-2	496	106.79	529	14thin
Large 2	520	104.00	541	1thin
Large 1	505	101.00	510	2thin

One grade step is worth $35.46/cwt here — about $44 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 sale401 hd

131.13

—

WV average6 barns · 850 hd

123.72

+7.41

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

Every lot

68 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1-2	325	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	325	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	348	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	661	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	353	178.46/cwt	151.00–184.00	630	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	525	2
Steers	—	Small 1	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	410	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	767	18
Steers	—	Medium 1	413	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	776	16
Steers	—	Small 1-2	424	123.50/cwt	120.00–130.00	524	3
Steers	—	Large 1	433	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	788	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	442	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	579	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	469	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	610	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	171.43/cwt	146.00–178.50	811	22
Steers	—	Medium 1	481	176.16/cwt	151.00–177.00	847	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	850	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	513	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	539	3
Steers	—	Large 1	527	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	838	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	149.20/cwt	122.00–152.50	795	18
Steers	—	Medium 1	537	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	902	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	676	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	586	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	718	4
Steers	—	Medium 1	587	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	886	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	912	20
Steers	—	Medium 1	630	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	895	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	649	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	863	7
Steers	—	Medium 1	653	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,015	32
Steers	—	Large 1	665	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,041	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	675	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	783	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,009	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	980	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,085	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	833	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,008	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	854	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,068	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,033	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,307	6
Steers	—	Large 1	955	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,194	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,035	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,170	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,036	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,316	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	282	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	341	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	341	124.35/cwt	115.00–125.00	424	21
Heifers	—	Medium 1	351	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	491	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	465	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	600	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	628	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	518	10
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	461	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	507	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	133.22/cwt	125.00–135.00	642	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	135.73/cwt	129.00–136.00	658	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	491	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	682	65
Heifers	—	Large 1	505	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	510	2
Heifers	—	Large 2	520	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	541	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1	558	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	670	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	558	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	564	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	729	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	119.65/cwt	110.00–124.00	681	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	572	99.79/cwt	99.00–100.00	571	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	34
Heifers	—	Medium 1	650	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	871	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	745	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	820	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	794	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,048	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	145	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	210	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	104.93/cwt	100.00–110.00	383	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	677	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	789	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 Oct 23, 2021

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

Receipts 815Last week 1,994Year ago 696

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	485	129.00–136.00	135.73
30	—	417	144.00	144.00
23	—	569	110.00–124.00	119.65
21	—	341	115.00–125.00	124.35
14	—	660	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	124.00	124.00
5	—	572	99.00–100.00	99.79
10	—	450	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	794	132.00	132.00
3	—	282	121.00	121.00
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
11	—	482	125.00–135.00	133.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	351	140.00	140.00
2	—	558	120.00	120.00
1	—	650	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	461	110.00	110.00
5	—	558	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	424	148.00	148.00
34	—	640	125.00	125.00
69	—	561	130.00	130.00
4	—	745	110.00	110.00
65	—	491	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	433	182.00	182.00
23	—	527	159.00	159.00
12	—	665	156.50	156.50
1	—	955	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	649	133.00	133.00
2	—	810	121.00	121.00
18	—	533	122.00–152.50	149.20
18	—	410	187.00	187.00
4	—	586	122.50	122.50
4	—	854	125.00	125.00
6	—	353	151.00–184.00	178.46
22	—	473	146.00–178.50	171.43
1	—	1,035	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	116.00	116.00
4	—	469	130.00	130.00
3	—	513	105.00	105.00
2	—	645	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	120.00	120.00
2	—	833	121.00	121.00
6	—	940	139.00	139.00
20	—	600	152.00	152.00
3	—	442	131.00	131.00
2	—	680	110.00	110.00
7	—	1,036	127.00	127.00
2	—	370	142.00	142.00
7	—	494	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	828	131.00	131.00
4	—	854	121.00	121.00
12	—	759	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	424	120.00–130.00	123.50
1	—	325	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	481	151.00–177.00	176.16
32	—	653	155.50	155.50
1	—	630	142.00	142.00
27	—	537	168.00	168.00
23	—	587	151.00	151.00
16	—	413	188.00	188.00
7	—	348	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	145	145.00	145.00
3	—	680	116.00	116.00
2	—	525	129.00	129.00
2	—	365	100.00–110.00	104.93

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.