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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Sep 22

● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29 →

Receipts

15 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 19▼ 8 vs year ago 23 · −34.8%

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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	2,155	94.91	2,045	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,383	70.21	971	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,188	42.48	505	4thin

Every lot

4 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	—	—	2,155	94.91/cwt	90.00–100.00	2,045	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	19.50/cwt	19.50–19.50	185	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,267	50.14/cwt	49.00–53.00	635	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,383	70.21/cwt	65.00–75.50	971	9

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 Sep 22, 2021

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

Receipts 15Last week 19Year ago 23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,155	90.00–100.00	94.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,383	65.00–75.50	70.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,267	49.00–53.00	50.14
1	—	950	19.50	19.50

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.