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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-10

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 10

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Receipts

18 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 26▼ 19 vs year ago 37 · −51.4%

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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	—	High	2,103	117.50	2,470	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,750	102.37	1,791	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,258	87.50	1,100	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,488	165.29	2,460	12

Every lot

6 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,488	165.29/cwt	161.00–175.00	2,460	12
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,720	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,236	1
Bulls	—	—	2,485	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	2,609	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,123	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	910	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,392	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,308	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,750	102.37/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,791	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 Jan 10, 2024

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

Receipts 18Last week 26Year ago 37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,488	161.00–175.00	165.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,750	101.00–104.00	102.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,392	94.00	94.00
1	—	1,123	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	130.00	130.00
1	—	2,485	105.00	105.00

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.