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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-12

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jun 12

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19 →

Receipts

20 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 27▼ 24 vs year ago 44 · −54.5%

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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	2,038	168.00	3,423	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,380	134.53	1,857	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,167	108.55	1,266	4thin

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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,005	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,907	1
Bulls	—	—	2,070	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,954	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,162	101.40/cwt	86.00–111.00	1,178	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,180	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,534	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	150.52/cwt	142.00–165.00	1,964	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,410	128.14/cwt	118.00–142.00	1,807	10

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 Jun 12, 2024

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

Receipts 20Last week 27Year ago 44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,410	118.00–142.00	128.14
4	—	1,305	142.00–165.00	150.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	130.00	130.00
3	—	1,162	86.00–111.00	101.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,070	191.00	191.00
1	—	2,005	145.00	145.00

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.