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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jul 17

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,742	75.28	1,311	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,395	54.26	757	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	47.30	605	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,157	41.95	485	4thin

Every lot

7 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,742	75.28/cwt	72.00–82.00	1,311	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,133	40.27/cwt	35.00–44.00	456	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,230	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	578	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	49.50/cwt	48.00–50.50	620	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,318	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	580	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,388	61.72/cwt	60.00–64.00	857	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,397	52.60/cwt	48.00–55.00	735	9

This sale against other markets

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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed Jul 17, 2019

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,133	35.00–44.00	40.27
1	—	1,230	47.00	47.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,397	48.00–55.00	52.60
2	—	1,388	60.00–64.00	61.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	48.00–50.50	49.50
2	—	1,318	44.00	44.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,742	72.00–82.00	75.28

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.