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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Apr 2

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

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Receipts

471 head

▲ 471 vs last sale 0▼ 25 vs year ago 496 · −5.0%

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 $162.73/cwt on 274 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −177.68 against this barn's trailing median of $340.41.

Average price

$162.73

274 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$30

per head · Medium 1 over Small 1-2

$61.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.14

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	455	195.86	891	7thin
Medium and Large 1	606	174.95	1,060	41
Medium and Large 2	579	167.95	973	40
Medium and Large 1-2	732	162.14	1,187	152
Medium and Large 3	554	139.55	773	22
Large 1-2	520	136.00	707	1thin
Small 1-2	687	133.95	921	11thin

One grade step is worth $61.90/cwt here — about −$30 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 sale274 hd

162.73

—

WV average5 barns · 455 hd

163.87

−1.14

This barn, trailing median1 sales

340.41

−177.68

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

Every lot

56 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	310	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	487	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	391	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	743	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	416	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	836	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	488	152.75/cwt	125.00–162.00	745	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	882	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	498	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	872	4
Steers	—	Small 1-2	505	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	823	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	507	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	958	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	520	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	707	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	165.72/cwt	135.00–173.50	933	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	180.34/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,026	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	575	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	805	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,094	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	969	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	163.50/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,038	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	647	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	886	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	648	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,102	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	170.78/cwt	170.00–171.00	1,146	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	167.55/cwt	143.00–175.00	1,203	96
Steers	—	Small 1-2	725	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	953	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	739	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,131	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	768	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	791	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	152.58/cwt	144.00–157.00	1,182	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	832	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,040	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	840	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,042	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	853	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	994	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	872	132.98/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,160	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	400	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	652	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	658	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	160.25/cwt	157.00–161.00	691	10
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	435	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	679	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	718	9
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	475	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	727	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	489	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	778	7
Heifers	—	Medium 1	497	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	775	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	552	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	822	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	153.27/cwt	149.00–154.00	872	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	832	17
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	635	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	908	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	143.91/cwt	142.00–149.00	918	25
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	644	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	824	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	900	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	664	134.29/cwt	121.00–139.00	892	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	698	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	743	134.73/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,001	11
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	745	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	671	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	747	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	986	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	752	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	955	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	822	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	970	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	848	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	933	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	875	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	708	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.

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

Sat Apr 2, 2022

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Receipts 471Last week 0Year ago 496

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	822	118.00	118.00
14	—	569	149.00–154.00	153.27
11	—	743	132.00–137.00	134.73
7	—	489	159.00	159.00
4	—	664	121.00–139.00	134.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	552	149.00	149.00
9	—	460	156.00	156.00
5	—	752	127.00	127.00
11	—	635	143.00	143.00
1	—	400	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	100.00	100.00
25	—	638	142.00–149.00	143.91
5	—	747	132.00	132.00
10	—	431	157.00–161.00	160.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	90.00	90.00
1	—	435	156.00	156.00
3	—	575	125.00	125.00
4	—	644	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	574	145.00	145.00
5	—	422	156.00	156.00
2	—	848	110.00	110.00
22	—	652	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	497	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	569	175.00–185.00	180.34
11	—	648	170.00	170.00
4	—	498	175.00	175.00
9	—	671	170.00–171.00	170.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	768	103.00	103.00
1	—	310	157.00	157.00
3	—	570	120.00	120.00
8	—	488	125.00–162.00	152.75
5	—	647	137.00	137.00
1	—	405	160.00	160.00
2	—	545	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	391	190.00	190.00
5	—	739	153.00	153.00
10	—	563	135.00–173.50	165.72
1	—	840	124.00	124.00
7	—	490	180.00	180.00
12	—	635	161.00–164.00	163.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	775	144.00–157.00	152.58
9	—	588	186.00	186.00
96	—	718	143.00–175.00	167.55
3	—	832	125.00	125.00
11	—	872	128.00–137.00	132.98
4	—	621	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	201.00	201.00
3	—	507	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	853	116.50	116.50
3	—	575	140.00	140.00
1	—	505	163.00	163.00
5	—	725	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	154.00	154.00

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.