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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 21

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Feb 14Feb 21Feb 28 →

Receipts

43 head

▼ 65 vs last sale 108▲ 24 vs year ago 19 · +126.3%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleSat Oct 24, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*See Board Sale Results*

Fed Cattle Sale Next week February 28

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	—	Low	925	88.00	814	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,344	102.09	1,372	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,608	95.77	1,540	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,098	91.19	1,001	7thin

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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	925	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	814	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,095	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	767	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,098	94.72/cwt	83.00–103.00	1,040	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,341	102.69/cwt	89.00–115.00	1,377	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,425	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,183	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,608	95.77/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,540	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 Feb 21, 2024

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

Receipts 43Last week 108Year ago 19

*See Board Sale Results*

Fed Cattle Sale Next week February 28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	70.00	70.00
6	—	1,098	83.00–103.00	94.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,608	90.00–101.00	95.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	83.00	83.00
32	—	1,341	89.00–115.00	102.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	88.00	88.00

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.