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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 15

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← May 8May 15May 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 2▼ 12 vs year ago 22 · −54.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 74 vs last sale 94▼ 4 vs year ago 24 · −16.7%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $217.92/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$217.92

2 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,477

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.04

vs WV average

−33.45 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	678	217.92	1,477	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

217.92

—

WV average2 barns · 6 hd

230.96

−13.04

National average162 barns · 8,607 hd

251.37

−33.45

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,795	145.35	2,610	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,650	115.35	1,903	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	99.02	1,067	6thin

Every lot

10 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
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 3	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,074	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	217.92/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,477	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,262	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,748	141.69/cwt	124.00–150.00	2,477	4
Bulls	—	—	1,985	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	3,176	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	99.02/cwt	76.00–116.00	1,067	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,615	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,213	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,654	112.64/cwt	104.00–124.00	1,863	8

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed May 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10Last week 2Year ago 22

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 94Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	678	215.00–221.00	217.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	935	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,654	104.00–124.00	112.64
1	—	1,615	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,078	76.00–116.00	99.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,748	124.00–150.00	141.69
1	—	1,985	160.00	160.00

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.