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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 8

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Sep 24Oct 8Oct 15 →

Receipts

1,578 head

▲ 1,578 vs last sale 0▲ 601 vs year ago 977 · +61.5%

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 $178.60/cwt on 895 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −161.80 against this barn's trailing median of $340.41.

Average price

$178.60

895 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1-2

$58.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.32

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	547	189.05	1,034	419
Medium and Large 1	581	184.92	1,074	52
Large 1	578	180.09	1,041	58
Medium and Large 2	521	176.13	918	251
Medium and Large 1-2	796	144.77	1,153	42
Medium and Large 3	503	142.33	716	51
Small 1-2	550	138.95	764	19thin
Large 1-2	558	130.33	728	3thin

One grade step is worth $58.72/cwt here — about $306 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 sale895 hd

178.60

—

WV average6 barns · 1,487 hd

175.29

+3.32

This barn, trailing median1 sales

340.41

−161.80

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

Every lot

75 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	334	175.16/cwt	133.00–189.00	585	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	358	198.59/cwt	142.00–206.00	711	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	359	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	740	14
Steers	—	Medium 1	365	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	664	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	787	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	413	198.88/cwt	120.00–201.00	821	76
Steers	—	Medium 1	424	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	890	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	451	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	717	21
Steers	—	Small 1-2	464	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	603	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	983	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	122.69/cwt	120.00–131.00	583	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	853	38
Steers	—	Large 1	480	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	869	11
Steers	—	Medium 1	481	194.76/cwt	171.00–195.00	937	101
Steers	—	Large 1-2	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	672	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	517	111.65/cwt	100.00–119.00	577	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	158.10/cwt	120.00–162.50	846	40
Steers	—	Medium 1	541	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,001	93
Steers	—	Large 1	541	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	979	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,036	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	555	134.75/cwt	131.00–135.00	748	16
Steers	—	Small 1-2	566	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	849	10
Steers	—	Medium 1	587	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,068	104
Steers	—	Large 1	587	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,057	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	956	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	958	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	992	1
Steers	—	Large 1	650	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,164	23
Steers	—	Medium 1	655	184.69/cwt	175.00–185.50	1,210	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	657	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,064	34
Steers	—	Small 1-2	668	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	802	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	678	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	685	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	695	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	980	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	744	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,250	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	772	146.90/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,134	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	792	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,267	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	862	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,198	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	874	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,189	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	914	146.39/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,338	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	220	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	292	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	310	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	357	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	340	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	391	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	343	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	412	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1	349	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	471	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	361	131.98/cwt	110.00–135.00	476	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	362	119.57/cwt	100.00–122.00	433	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	419	156.54/cwt	110.00–158.00	656	35
Heifers	—	Medium 1	426	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	714	53
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	450	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	410	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	453	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	544	15
Heifers	—	Large 1	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1	488	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	732	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	491	143.25/cwt	91.00–148.00	703	49
Heifers	—	Medium 1	535	136.81/cwt	135.00–142.00	732	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	548	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	652	18
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	548	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	493	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	556	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	695	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	847	89
Heifers	—	Medium 1	563	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	847	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	809	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	868	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	643	107.99/cwt	100.00–110.00	694	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	16
Heifers	—	Medium 1	729	133.61/cwt	124.00–134.50	974	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	992	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	830	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,079	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1	853	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,117	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,129	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	346	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	709	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	711	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	140.40/cwt	120.00–151.00	681	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	766	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	666	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	833	8

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 8, 2022

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

Receipts 1,578Last week 0Year ago 977

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	334	133.00–189.00	175.16
21	—	451	159.00	159.00
16	—	555	131.00–135.00	134.75
5	—	678	101.00	101.00
5	—	517	100.00–119.00	111.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	192.00	192.00
5	—	545	190.00	190.00
14	—	359	206.00	206.00
26	—	744	168.00	168.00
4	—	469	209.50	209.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	587	180.00	180.00
11	—	480	181.00	181.00
17	—	541	181.00	181.00
23	—	650	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	424	210.00	210.00
78	—	655	175.00–185.50	184.69
101	—	481	171.00–195.00	194.76
93	—	541	185.00	185.00
1	—	365	182.00	182.00
104	—	587	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	590	162.00	162.00
38	—	479	178.00	178.00
18	—	358	142.00–206.00	198.59
34	—	657	162.00	162.00
20	—	772	130.00–150.00	146.90
76	—	413	120.00–201.00	198.88
40	—	535	120.00–162.50	158.10
1	—	330	200.00	200.00
4	—	874	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	131.00	131.00
1	—	640	155.00	155.00
8	—	792	160.00	160.00
4	—	475	120.00–131.00	122.69
17	—	914	130.00–149.00	146.39
8	—	862	139.00	139.00
1	—	595	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	566	150.00	150.00
6	—	464	130.00	130.00
3	—	668	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	125.00	125.00
1	—	695	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	488	150.00	150.00
53	—	426	167.50	167.50
2	—	853	131.00	131.00
9	—	563	150.50	150.50
11	—	535	135.00–142.00	136.81
9	—	349	135.00	135.00
12	—	729	124.00–134.50	133.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	643	135.00	135.00
89	—	563	150.50	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	115.00	115.00
1	—	450	91.00	91.00
2	—	548	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	491	91.00–148.00	143.25
10	—	740	134.00	134.00
16	—	655	130.00	130.00
33	—	556	125.00	125.00
35	—	419	110.00–158.00	156.54
2	—	343	120.00	120.00
1	—	220	132.50	132.50
1	—	830	130.00	130.00
18	—	361	110.00–135.00	131.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	643	100.00–110.00	107.99
15	—	453	120.00	120.00
18	—	548	119.00	119.00
1	—	310	115.00	115.00
9	—	362	100.00–122.00	119.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	875	129.00	129.00
14	—	622	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	485	120.00–151.00	140.40
6	—	431	165.00	165.00
5	—	346	205.00	205.00
6	—	528	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	666	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.