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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 19

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Feb 5Feb 19Feb 26 →

Receipts

73 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 47▲ 30 vs year ago 43 · +69.8%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Fat Cattle sale included

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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,378	188.00	2,591	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,316	131.36	1,729	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,145	99.06	1,134	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,420	204.50	2,904	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,323	199.26	2,636	13
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,567	204.28	3,201	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,396	197.90	2,763	4thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,396	197.90/cwt	190.00–205.00	2,763	4
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,536	201.62/cwt	198.00–207.00	3,097	9
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,613	208.27/cwt	201.00–212.00	3,359	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,323	199.26/cwt	193.00–204.00	2,636	13
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,420	204.50/cwt	195.00–210.00	2,904	20
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	865	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	683	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	106.04/cwt	98.00–113.00	1,143	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,145	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	573	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,218	105.45/cwt	91.00–121.00	1,284	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	121.55/cwt	114.00–129.00	1,493	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,233	148.90/cwt	139.00–155.00	1,836	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,325	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,259	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,488	123.64/cwt	117.00–129.00	1,840	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,378	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,591	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.

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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed Feb 19, 2025

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

Receipts 73Last week 47Year ago 43

Fat Cattle sale included

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,218	91.00–121.00	105.45
1	—	1,145	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,325	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	139.00–155.00	148.90
2	—	1,488	117.00–129.00	123.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,078	98.00–113.00	106.04
1	—	865	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	114.00–129.00	121.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,378	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,536	198.00–207.00	201.62
6	—	1,613	201.00–212.00	208.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,396	190.00–205.00	197.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,420	195.00–210.00	204.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,323	193.00–204.00	199.26

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.