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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 29

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Jan 15Jan 29Feb 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 8 vs year ago 11 · −72.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

107 head

▲ 96 vs last sale 11▲ 77 vs year ago 30 · +256.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Fat cattle results included

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 $220.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$220.00

1 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,419

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−24.81

vs WV average

−62.20 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	645	220.00	1,419	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

220.00

—

WV average2 barns · 9 hd

244.81

−24.81

National average179 barns · 25,260 hd

282.20

−62.20

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	1,669	126.32	2,108	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,502	125.72	1,889	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,191	94.53	1,126	17
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,488	210.80	3,137	5thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,427	206.50	2,947	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,301	200.89	2,614	9thin
Steers	Prime	High	1,735	216.00	3,748	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,540	205.30	3,162	18

Every lot

20 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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	840	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,420	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,540	205.30/cwt	203.00–207.00	3,162	18
Steers	—	Prime	1,735	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	3,748	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,301	200.89/cwt	197.00–209.00	2,614	9
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,422	206.61/cwt	204.00–208.00	2,938	13
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,450	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,987	3
Heifers	—	Prime	1,468	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,083	1
Heifers	—	Prime	1,493	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	3,150	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,465	108.60/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,591	3
Bulls	—	—	1,872	144.03/cwt	137.00–155.00	2,696	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	930	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	567	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	72.95/cwt	60.00–85.00	813	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,217	107.34/cwt	96.00–124.00	1,306	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,238	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,795	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,255	90.26/cwt	81.00–96.00	1,133	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,343	119.69/cwt	106.00–126.00	1,607	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,588	127.67/cwt	110.00–139.00	2,027	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,978	140.68/cwt	131.00–150.00	2,783	2

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 Jan 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 11

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 11Year ago 30

Fat cattle results included

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	710	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	175.00	175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,872	137.00–155.00	144.03
3	—	1,465	104.00–112.00	108.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,343	106.00–126.00	119.69
1	—	1,238	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,588	110.00–139.00	127.67
2	—	1,978	131.00–150.00	140.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,217	96.00–124.00	107.34
1	—	930	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,255	81.00–96.00	90.26
3	—	1,115	60.00–85.00	72.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,450	206.00	206.00
13	—	1,422	204.00–208.00	206.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,301	197.00–209.00	200.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,493	211.00	211.00
1	—	1,468	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,540	203.00–207.00	205.30

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.