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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Dec 18

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

7 head

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

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 31▼ 19 vs year ago 31 · −61.3%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next sale January 8, 2025

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 $195.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −199.41 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$195.00

1 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,024

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−55.03

vs WV average

−89.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	195.00	1,024	1thin

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 sale1 hd

195.00

—

WV average5 barns · 216 hd

250.03

−55.03

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−89.95

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−199.41

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	—	Average	1,389	118.73	1,649	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	118.00	1,151	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	104.95	1,394	5thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 4	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	300	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	540	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	855	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,024	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	820	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	731	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	970	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,116	1
Bulls	—	—	1,473	119.47/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,760	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,151	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	104.95/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,394	5

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 Dec 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 7

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 31Year ago 31

Next sale January 8, 2025

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,328	101.00–114.00	104.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,473	110.00–125.00	119.47
1	—	970	115.00	115.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	180.00	180.00
1	500–550	525	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	125.00	125.00

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.