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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-06

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 6

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Oct 23Nov 6Apr 2 →

Receipts

406 head

▲ 406 vs last sale 0▲ 16 vs year ago 390 · +4.1%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.94/cwt on 190 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −186.46 against this barn's trailing median of $340.41.

Average price

$153.94

190 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 3

$35.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.08

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	546	161.76	883	71
Medium and Large 1	591	152.50	901	18thin
Medium and Large 2	512	151.99	778	50
Large 1	607	150.00	910	20
Medium and Large 1-2	716	148.95	1,066	22
Small 1-2	398	127.50	507	2thin
Medium and Large 3	454	126.71	576	7thin

One grade step is worth $35.05/cwt here — about $308 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 sale190 hd

153.94

—

WV average6 barns · 319 hd

148.86

+5.08

This barn, trailing median1 sales

340.41

−186.46

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

Every lot

51 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	335	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	405	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	350	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	511	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	355	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	458	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	466	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	401	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	714	16
Steers	—	Medium 1	416	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	740	8
Steers	—	Small 1-2	440	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	554	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	646	3
Steers	—	Large 1	465	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	674	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	738	11
Steers	—	Medium 1	491	166.63/cwt	160.00–167.00	818	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	492	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	635	5
Steers	—	Medium 1	528	161.75/cwt	142.00–164.00	854	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	534	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	745	9
Steers	—	Large 1	538	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	812	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	900	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	588	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	764	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	908	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	966	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	641	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	885	4
Steers	—	Large 1	648	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	998	12
Steers	—	Medium 1	649	153.96/cwt	153.00–154.00	999	23
Steers	—	Large 1	665	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	672	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	710	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,065	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	718	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	862	5
Steers	—	Medium 1	800	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,080	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	828	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,234	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	344	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	439	8
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	345	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	362	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	363	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	417	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	437	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	556	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	580	12
Heifers	—	Medium 1	465	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	581	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	468	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	534	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	684	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	644	14
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	505	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	561	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	545	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	632	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	731	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	591	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	566	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	594	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	647	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	828	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	664	117.58/cwt	115.00–118.00	781	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	950	10
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	133.00/cwt	131.00–134.00	466	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	475	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	675	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	712	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 Nov 6, 2021

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

Receipts 406Last week 0Year ago 390

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	115.00	115.00
6	—	566	105.00	105.00
5	—	468	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	647	128.00	128.00
29	—	485	141.00	141.00
12	—	423	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	105.00	105.00
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
1	—	505	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	488	132.00	132.00
1	—	370	118.00	118.00
14	—	415	134.00	134.00
7	—	664	115.00–118.00	117.58
2	—	563	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	562	130.00	130.00
8	—	344	127.50	127.50
10	—	731	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	534	139.50	139.50
5	—	718	120.00	120.00
11	—	479	154.00	154.00
16	—	401	178.00	178.00
5	—	588	130.00	130.00
4	—	641	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	828	149.00	149.00
2	—	623	155.00	155.00
3	—	455	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	648	154.00	154.00
1	—	465	145.00	145.00
1	—	665	101.00	101.00
6	—	538	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	492	129.00	129.00
1	—	335	121.00	121.00
1	—	385	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	135.00	135.00
19	—	491	160.00–167.00	166.63
19	—	528	142.00–164.00	161.75
23	—	649	153.00–154.00	153.96
1	—	350	146.00	146.00
8	—	416	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	129.00	129.00
1	—	440	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	710	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	588	153.00	153.00
3	—	605	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	131.00–134.00	133.00
3	—	665	107.00	107.00
5	—	493	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	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.