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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-08

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

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Oct 29Apr 8Apr 15 →

Receipts

801 head

▲ 801 vs last sale 0▼ 953 vs year ago 1,754 · −54.3%

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 $221.62/cwt on 437 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −118.78 against this barn's trailing median of $340.41.

Average price

$221.62

437 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$448

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1-2

$81.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.77

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	248.08	1,436	85
Medium 1	588	227.00	1,336	6thin
Medium and Large 2	631	221.98	1,400	41
Medium and Large 3	563	218.64	1,231	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	722	215.20	1,553	284
Large 1	674	204.20	1,376	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	698	173.25	1,208	4thin
Small 1-2	594	166.50	988	3thin

One grade step is worth $81.58/cwt here — about $448 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 sale437 hd

221.62

—

WV average5 barns · 837 hd

215.85

+5.77

This barn, trailing median1 sales

340.41

−118.78

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

Every lot

77 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	846	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	390	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	985	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	242.49/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,016	12
Steers	—	Large 1	420	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,019	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	5
Steers	—	Small 1-2	475	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	796	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	482	228.19/cwt	222.50–230.00	1,100	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	259.07/cwt	230.00–269.00	1,267	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	493	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,233	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,285	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	258.97/cwt	241.00–266.00	1,331	11
Steers	—	Large 1	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	252.03/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,414	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	251.23/cwt	239.00–255.00	1,422	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	568	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,346	3
Steers	—	Medium 1	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	252.62/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,460	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	238.38/cwt	200.00–245.00	1,487	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	237.88/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,530	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	643	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,382	6
Steers	—	Small 1-2	653	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,084	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	660	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,419	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	224.34/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,530	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	685	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,250	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	710	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,164	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	718	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,235	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	200.69/cwt	193.00–208.00	1,461	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	736	186.60/cwt	177.00–189.00	1,373	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	203.44/cwt	194.00–209.00	1,550	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	793	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,483	8
Steers	—	Large 1	865	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,471	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	866	186.24/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,613	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	929	182.13/cwt	175.00–184.00	1,692	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	935	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,365	1
Steers	—	Medium 1	940	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,523	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,088	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,779	8
Steers	—	Large 1	1,105	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,613	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	243	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	529	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	634	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	368	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	773	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	393	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	758	5
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	395	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	721	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	830	11
Heifers	—	Large 1	420	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	718	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	431	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	875	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3-4	433	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	576	4
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	454	194.77/cwt	161.00–199.00	884	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	188.93/cwt	188.00–190.00	901	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	487	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	959	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	960	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	182.03/cwt	180.00–185.00	939	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,017	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	990	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	546	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,032	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,097	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,127	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	193.79/cwt	190.00–203.00	1,128	20
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	885	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	190.87/cwt	165.00–197.00	1,220	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,191	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	645	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,090	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	653	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,228	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,192	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	166.58/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,239	11
Heifers	—	Medium 1	754	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,199	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	166.16/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,258	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	768	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,229	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1	915	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,391	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	759	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	970	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	860	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	217.36/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,009	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,258	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	540	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	797	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,058	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,173	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 Apr 8, 2023

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

Receipts 801Last week 0Year ago 1,754

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	164.00	164.00
2	—	685	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	215.00	215.00
2	—	575	240.00	240.00
2	—	390	252.50	252.50
1	—	940	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	866	185.00–188.00	186.24
15	—	682	210.00–233.00	224.34
12	—	419	235.00–247.50	242.49
8	—	489	230.00–269.00	259.07
8	—	1,088	163.50	163.50
29	—	762	194.00–209.00	203.44
39	—	578	247.00–256.00	252.62
40	—	728	193.00–208.00	200.69
54	—	624	200.00–245.00	238.38
54	—	929	175.00–184.00	182.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	220.00	220.00
1	—	1,105	146.00	146.00
2	—	420	242.50	242.50
1	—	865	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	146.00	146.00
5	—	736	177.00–189.00	186.60
6	—	643	215.00	215.00
8	—	793	187.00	187.00
6	—	493	250.00	250.00
2	—	360	235.00	235.00
13	—	566	239.00–255.00	251.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	166.00	166.00
1	—	475	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	496	259.00	259.00
24	—	561	240.00–256.00	252.03
11	—	514	241.00–266.00	258.97
36	—	643	233.00–240.00	237.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	482	222.50–230.00	228.19
3	—	568	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	533	236.00	236.00
1	—	782	150.00	150.00
6	—	464	210.00–225.00	217.36
3	—	417	232.50	232.50
1	—	705	150.00	150.00
1	—	375	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	490	196.00	196.00
18	—	644	185.00	185.00
1	—	535	190.00	190.00
15	—	557	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	189.00	189.00
9	—	454	161.00–199.00	194.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	477	188.00–190.00	188.93
20	—	757	165.00–168.00	166.16
3	—	285	222.50	222.50
12	—	516	180.00–185.00	182.03
7	—	662	180.00	180.00
39	—	639	165.00–197.00	190.87
2	—	243	217.50	217.50
11	—	744	160.00–168.00	166.58
20	—	582	190.00–203.00	193.79
11	—	411	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	150.00	150.00
1	—	395	182.50	182.50
2	—	445	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	915	152.00	152.00
7	—	754	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	487	197.00	197.00
3	—	768	160.00	160.00
1	—	535	185.00	185.00
7	—	431	203.00	203.00
13	—	653	188.00	188.00
4	—	368	210.00	210.00
17	—	569	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	169.00	169.00
5	—	393	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	133.00	133.00

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.