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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-12

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 12

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Receipts

195 head

▲ 182 vs last sale 13▲ 195 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle Special

Moderate offering of slaughter cattle, lighter offering of steers but an increase of over 50 head for heifers, demand steady compared to last reported. Heavier receipts of slaughter cows, demand good and prices $2-5 higher compared to last reported. No market test on feeders.

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	1,683	67.63	1,138	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	57.43	843	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,310	55.46	727	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,110	47.84	531	41
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,369	115.42	1,580	51
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,308	112.77	1,475	30
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,555	117.88	1,833	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,605	115.14	1,848	3thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,555	117.88/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,833	12
Steers	—	Choice	1,605	115.14/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,848	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,308	112.77/cwt	108.00–114.75	1,475	30
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,369	115.42/cwt	112.50–116.50	1,580	51
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,598	70.55/cwt	66.00–74.00	1,127	5
Bulls	—	—	2,110	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	1,118	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	923	22.85/cwt	21.00–24.00	211	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	50.54/cwt	45.00–54.00	550	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,111	53.40/cwt	46.00–60.00	593	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	41.30/cwt	35.00–49.00	487	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	53.01/cwt	49.00–58.00	671	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,301	54.19/cwt	50.00–59.00	705	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,367	61.04/cwt	59.00–64.00	834	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	57.43/cwt	56.00–59.50	843	4

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.

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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed Feb 12, 2020

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Slaughter Cattle Special

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,598	66.00–74.00	70.55
1	—	2,110	53.00	53.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,369	112.50–116.50	115.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,308	108.00–114.75	112.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,265	49.00–58.00	53.01
23	—	1,301	50.00–59.00	54.19
7	—	1,367	59.00–64.00	61.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,468	56.00–59.50	57.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,111	46.00–60.00	53.40
10	—	1,178	35.00–49.00	41.30
2	—	923	21.00–24.00	22.85
16	—	1,089	45.00–54.00	50.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,605	114.00–116.00	115.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,555	117.00–120.00	117.88

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.