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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jun 5

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← May 29Jun 5Jun 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

114 head

▲ 111 vs last sale 3▲ 18 vs year ago 96 · +18.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

27 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 67▼ 45 vs year ago 72 · −62.5%

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

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.00/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −127.41 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$267.00

23 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.75

vs WV average

−6.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	267.00	1,481	23

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

267.00

—

WV average4 barns · 39 hd

256.25

+10.75

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

−6.03

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−127.41

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.80, low $354.66, median $394.41 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,929	146.50	2,826	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,462	125.71	1,838	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,097	83.56	916	12

Every lot

30 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	285	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	926	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	992	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	959	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	392	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,245	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,089	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	491	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,669	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,210	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,179	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	578	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,936	22
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	630	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,339	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	558	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	882	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	931	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	706	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	420	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	882	1
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	475	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,024	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	277.76/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,336	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	553	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,493	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,186	1
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,560	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,654	1
Bulls	—	—	1,988	152.17/cwt	150.00–156.00	3,025	3
Bulls	—	—	2,120	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,604	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,022	66.89/cwt	61.00–70.00	684	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	80.98/cwt	80.00–83.00	837	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,238	106.34/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,316	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,460	135.13/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,973	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,463	119.43/cwt	111.00–127.00	1,747	6

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 Jun 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 3Year ago 96

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 67Year ago 72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	215.50	215.50
1	600–650	640	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	192.50	192.50
1	400–450	415	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	265.00	265.00
3	350–400	388	240.00	240.00
23	450–500	481	262.50–280.00	277.76
1	550–600	590	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	553	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
20	450–500	491	340.00	340.00
22	550–600	578	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	355	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	415	262.50	262.50
1	500–550	515	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,022	61.00–70.00	66.89
3	—	1,033	80.00–83.00	80.98
4	—	1,238	100.00–111.00	106.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,463	111.00–127.00	119.43
4	—	1,460	130.00–141.00	135.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,120	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,560	106.00	106.00
3	—	1,988	150.00–156.00	152.17

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.