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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Apr 30

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 26▼ 14 vs year ago 17 · −82.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 20▼ 26 vs year ago 38 · −68.4%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $260.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −82.31 against this barn's trailing median of $342.31.

Average price

$260.00

1 head · 770 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−35.57

vs WV average

−48.19 vs national

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	770	260.00	2,002	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

260.00

—

WV average4 barns · 54 hd

295.57

−35.57

National average145 barns · 6,443 hd

308.19

−48.19

This barn, trailing median1 sales

342.31

−82.31

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	2,070	175.00	3,623	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,435	132.99	1,908	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,885	130.00	2,451	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,041	96.94	1,009	6thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,002	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,785	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,940	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	3,104	1
Bulls	—	—	2,200	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	4,180	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	720	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	367	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,395	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	785	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,118	109.55/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,225	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,556	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,520	137.99/cwt	135.00–141.00	2,097	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,885	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,451	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 Apr 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3Last week 26Year ago 17

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 20Year ago 38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	123.00	123.00
2	—	1,520	135.00–141.00	137.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	51.00	51.00
1	—	1,105	71.00	71.00
1	—	1,065	131.00	131.00
3	—	1,118	100.00–115.00	109.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,940	160.00	160.00
1	—	2,200	190.00	190.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	815	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	770	260.00	260.00

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.