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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 14

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

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Receipts

2,420 head

▲ 2,420 vs last sale 0▲ 38 vs year ago 2,382 · +1.6%

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 $255.53/cwt on 1,271 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −84.88 against this barn's trailing median of $340.41.

Average price

$255.53

1,271 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$587

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

$77.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.71

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	262.12	1,477	60
Medium 1	565	261.45	1,477	718
Medium and Large 2	519	253.14	1,313	224
Large 1	618	252.19	1,559	140
Medium and Large 1-2	579	245.38	1,420	78
Large 1-2	748	230.00	1,720	4thin
Large 2	438	213.18	934	11thin
Medium and Large 3	532	195.88	1,043	24
Small 1-2	483	184.17	890	12thin

One grade step is worth $77.95/cwt here — about $587 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 sale1,271 hd

255.53

—

WV average8 barns · 2,022 hd

249.81

+5.71

This barn, trailing median1 sales

340.41

−84.88

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

Every lot

80 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 · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	748	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	344	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	894	4
Steers	—	Small 1-2	345	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	690	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	349	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,030	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	352	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,003	18
Steers	—	Large 2	395	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	859	6
Steers	—	Medium 1	418	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,254	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	263.84/cwt	212.50–268.00	1,103	51
Steers	—	Small 1-2	426	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	724	4
Steers	—	Large 2	428	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	899	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,215	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	449	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,145	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	463	198.19/cwt	184.00–200.00	918	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,321	19
Steers	—	Medium 1	477	275.58/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,315	116
Steers	—	Large 1	481	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,275	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,265	43
Steers	—	Medium 1	534	261.46/cwt	261.00–261.50	1,396	175
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	536	251.60/cwt	220.00–254.00	1,349	41
Steers	—	Large 1	537	265.29/cwt	261.75–270.00	1,425	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,388	31
Steers	—	Small 1-2	545	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,046	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	553	201.87/cwt	171.00–217.50	1,116	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	242.41/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,406	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	585	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,474	21
Steers	—	Medium 1	588	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,488	145
Steers	—	Large 1	588	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,488	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	595	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,517	20
Steers	—	Large 1	639	251.18/cwt	233.00–254.00	1,605	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,656	6
Steers	—	Medium 1	654	250.73/cwt	250.40–254.00	1,640	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	658	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,086	3
Steers	—	Large 1	659	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,634	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	664	226.87/cwt	222.50–227.00	1,506	35
Steers	—	Small 1-2	680	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,156	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	205.58/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,497	9
Steers	—	Large 2	735	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,470	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	748	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,720	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	753	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,626	9
Steers	—	Medium 1	757	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,756	37
Steers	—	Large 1	771	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,789	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	807	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,880	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	843	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,880	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	843	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,829	6
Steers	—	Large 1	843	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,737	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	343	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	590	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	346	236.03/cwt	201.00–238.00	817	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	354	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	850	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	357	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	610	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	367	206.74/cwt	181.00–215.00	759	16
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	370	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	818	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	410	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	789	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1	415	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	975	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	223.79/cwt	210.00–224.00	935	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	234.55/cwt	234.50–235.00	990	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	439	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	803	9
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	452	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	780	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,024	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	486	235.22/cwt	229.00–235.50	1,143	70
Heifers	—	Medium 1	491	235.61/cwt	220.00–236.50	1,157	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	236.44/cwt	236.00–236.50	1,163	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	503	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,268	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	534	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,127	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	559	221.97/cwt	208.00–223.00	1,241	58
Heifers	—	Medium 1	560	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,254	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	230.95/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,296	199
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,334	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,299	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	225.07/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,427	82
Heifers	—	Medium 2	642	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,284	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	644	203.96/cwt	182.50–206.00	1,314	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	647	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,365	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,403	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	725	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,269	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	731	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,323	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,435	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,418	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	915	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,134	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	651	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,159	5

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 14, 2023

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

Receipts 2,420Last week 0Year ago 2,382

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	843	217.00	217.00
20	—	595	255.00	255.00
6	—	652	254.00	254.00
19	—	477	277.00	277.00
9	—	431	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	230.00	230.00
35	—	664	222.50–227.00	226.87
3	—	843	223.00	223.00
43	—	483	262.00	262.00
51	—	418	212.50–268.00	263.84
21	—	585	252.00	252.00
41	—	536	220.00–254.00	251.60
9	—	753	216.00	216.00
18	—	352	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	580	225.00–255.00	242.41
31	—	538	258.00	258.00
4	—	344	260.00	260.00
6	—	449	255.00	255.00
7	—	807	233.00	233.00
9	—	728	200.00–210.00	205.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	170.00	170.00
2	—	345	200.00	200.00
5	—	545	192.00	192.00
4	—	426	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	210.00	210.00
1	—	735	200.00	200.00
6	—	395	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	418	300.00	300.00
145	—	588	253.00	253.00
10	—	349	295.00	295.00
116	—	477	271.00–276.00	275.58
175	—	534	261.00–261.50	261.46
37	—	757	232.00	232.00
177	—	654	250.40–254.00	250.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	771	232.00	232.00
37	—	659	248.00	248.00
2	—	843	206.00	206.00
28	—	588	253.00	253.00
37	—	537	261.75–270.00	265.29
14	—	639	233.00–254.00	251.18
6	—	481	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	748	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	165.00	165.00
9	—	463	184.00–200.00	198.19
12	—	553	171.00–217.50	201.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	211.00	211.00
16	—	367	181.00–215.00	206.74
9	—	439	183.00	183.00
11	—	644	182.50–206.00	203.96
3	—	725	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	422	234.50–235.00	234.55
117	—	492	236.00–236.50	236.44
16	—	354	240.00	240.00
3	—	788	180.00	180.00
82	—	634	215.00–226.00	225.07
199	—	561	230.00–231.00	230.95
3	—	732	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	235.00	235.00
3	—	560	224.00	224.00
73	—	491	220.00–236.50	235.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	471	217.50	217.50
5	—	503	252.00	252.00
5	—	357	171.00	171.00
9	—	593	225.00	225.00
11	—	607	214.00	214.00
7	—	681	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	647	211.00	211.00
86	—	418	210.00–224.00	223.79
8	—	731	181.00	181.00
58	—	559	208.00–223.00	221.97
70	—	486	229.00–235.50	235.22
34	—	346	201.00–238.00	236.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	200.00	200.00
1	—	410	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	651	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	463	245.00	245.00
6	—	366	250.00	250.00

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.