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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Oct 23

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 4▲ 0 vs year ago 11 · +0.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 19▼ 88 vs year ago 113 · −77.9%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb bulls averaged $185.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$185.00

1 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,156

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−28.59

vs WV average

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	625	185.00	1,156	1thin

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 sale1 hd

185.00

—

WV average4 barns · 22 hd

213.59

−28.59

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	1,829	130.37	2,384	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,700	117.00	1,989	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,297	111.34	1,444	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,117	87.97	983	8thin

Every lot

11 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 · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	968	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,030	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	797	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,040	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,156	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,640	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,656	1
Bulls	—	—	1,923	145.06/cwt	143.00–147.00	2,790	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	77.21/cwt	62.00–92.00	830	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,131	91.56/cwt	73.00–103.00	1,036	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,297	111.34/cwt	90.00–123.00	1,444	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,700	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,989	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.

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

South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed Oct 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11Last week 4Year ago 11

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 19Year ago 113

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	270.00	270.00
3	450–500	495	210.00	210.00
1	600–650	625	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	510	202.00	202.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,923	143.00–147.00	145.06
1	—	1,640	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,297	90.00–123.00	111.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,131	73.00–103.00	91.56
2	—	1,075	62.00–92.00	77.21

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.