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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Sep 24

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Apr 23Sep 24Oct 8 →

Receipts

671 head

▲ 187 vs last sale 484▲ 250 vs year ago 421 · +59.4%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next Feeder cattle sale October 8. Take in day October 7

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 $170.26/cwt on 384 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −170.15 against this barn's trailing median of $340.41.

Average price

$170.26

384 head · 732 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,246

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3-4

$79.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.91

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	189.46	1,065	39
Medium 1	629	183.13	1,151	42
Large 1	555	177.00	982	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	806	172.51	1,391	205
Medium and Large 2	735	155.38	1,142	66
Medium 1-2	838	155.00	1,299	3thin
Small 1-2	523	151.00	789	5thin
Medium and Large 3	555	148.08	821	12thin
Medium and Large 2-3	569	146.75	834	8thin
Medium and Large 3-4	678	110.00	746	3thin

One grade step is worth $79.46/cwt here — about $319 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 sale384 hd

170.26

—

WV average7 barns · 986 hd

173.17

−2.91

This barn, trailing median1 sales

340.41

−170.15

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

Every lot

61 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	388	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	563	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	407	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	814	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	856	6
Steers	—	Small 1-2	455	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	687	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	458	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	737	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	459	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	799	4
Steers	—	Medium 1	460	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	736	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	463	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	676	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	494	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	963	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	537	184.91/cwt	174.00–187.50	993	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,024	4
Steers	—	Medium 1	543	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,067	13
Steers	—	Large 1	555	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	982	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	940	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	560	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	868	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	568	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	858	3
Steers	—	Medium 1	582	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,141	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,065	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	590	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	950	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	603	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	754	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	135.83/cwt	131.00–160.00	839	8
Steers	—	Medium 1	657	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,150	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,016	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,094	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,202	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3-4	678	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	746	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	685	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,000	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	743	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,337	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	749	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,153	4
Steers	—	Medium 1	751	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,232	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	176.41/cwt	171.00–178.00	1,350	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	765	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,079	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	795	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,193	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	816	171.79/cwt	170.00–175.50	1,402	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	833	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,125	2
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	838	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,299	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	876	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,288	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	171.46/cwt	169.00–173.50	1,517	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	936	162.65/cwt	154.50–169.50	1,522	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,033	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,529	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	348	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	496	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	405	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	490	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	142.48/cwt	131.00–151.00	598	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	642	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2	460	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	644	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	721	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	703	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	846	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	792	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	653	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	901	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	955	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	137.32/cwt	133.00–146.00	968	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	739	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	990	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,066	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	138.34/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,079	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	854	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,068	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	727	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	716	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	853	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	886	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	990	1

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 Sep 24, 2022

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

Receipts 671Last week 484Year ago 421

Next Feeder cattle sale October 8. Take in day October 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	471	181.00	181.00
3	—	550	161.00	161.00
10	—	429	167.00	167.00
1	—	615	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	348	142.50	142.50
10	—	566	140.00	140.00
14	—	420	131.00–151.00	142.48
14	—	485	145.00	145.00
10	—	653	138.00	138.00
6	—	739	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	484	149.00	149.00
14	—	564	150.00	150.00
11	—	654	146.00	146.00
7	—	425	151.00	151.00
6	—	751	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	705	133.00–146.00	137.32
9	—	780	137.00–139.00	138.34
12	—	854	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	795	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	154.00	154.00
23	—	936	154.50–169.50	162.65
4	—	539	190.00	190.00
4	—	556	169.00	169.00
16	—	743	180.00	180.00
49	—	765	171.00–178.00	176.41
84	—	816	170.00–175.50	171.79
22	—	885	169.00–173.50	171.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	151.00	151.00
3	—	568	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	160.00	160.00
3	—	657	175.00	175.00
11	—	582	196.00	196.00
14	—	751	164.00	164.00
13	—	543	196.50	196.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	426	201.00	201.00
15	—	494	195.00	195.00
18	—	664	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	838	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	161.00	161.00
8	—	663	165.00	165.00
12	—	1,033	148.00	148.00
8	—	618	131.00–160.00	135.83
7	—	876	147.00	147.00
10	—	765	141.00	141.00
5	—	537	174.00–187.50	184.91
3	—	407	200.00	200.00
4	—	749	154.00	154.00
3	—	582	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	459	174.00	174.00
5	—	603	125.00	125.00
2	—	560	155.00	155.00
1	—	685	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	145.00	145.00
2	—	463	146.00	146.00
2	—	590	161.00	161.00
2	—	833	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	177.00	177.00

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.