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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 24

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Receipts

45 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 18▲ 9 vs year ago 36 · +25.0%

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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	1,555	120.00	1,866	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,700	100.00	1,700	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,373	92.16	1,265	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,223	73.47	898	19

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	—	—	1,555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,866	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	46.99/cwt	42.00–53.00	510	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,239	76.58/cwt	55.00–94.00	949	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	93.33/cwt	85.00–100.00	1,255	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,503	101.72/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,529	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,540	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	616	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,700	1

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 45Last week 18Year ago 36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,345	85.00–100.00	93.33
3	—	1,503	100.00–105.00	101.72
1	—	1,540	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,239	55.00–94.00	76.58
2	—	1,085	42.00–53.00	46.99

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.