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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Mar 25

● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Mar 18Mar 25Apr 1 →

Receipts

24 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 12▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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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	2,205	87.65	1,933	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	2,070	67.29	1,393	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,381	59.99	828	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,164	46.71	544	10

Every lot

5 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	—	—	2,205	87.65/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,933	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	412	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,179	47.45/cwt	41.00–54.50	559	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,381	59.99/cwt	51.00–70.50	828	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	2,070	67.29/cwt	64.50–70.25	1,393	2

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 Mar 25, 2020

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Receipts 24Last week 12Year ago 0

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,381	51.00–70.50	59.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,070	64.50–70.25	67.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	40.00	40.00
9	—	1,179	41.00–54.50	47.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,205	85.00–90.00	87.65

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.