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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 14

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 4▼ 6 vs year ago 10 · −60.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 57 vs last sale 73▼ 4 vs year ago 20 · −20.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Bottle Calves $650-$750

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb bulls averaged $350.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −81.76 against this barn's trailing median of $431.76.

Average price

$350.00

1 head · 440 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.15

vs WV average

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	440	350.00	1,540	1thin

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

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

350.00

—

WV average3 barns · 28 hd

348.85

+1.15

This barn, trailing median2 sales

431.76

−81.76

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	1,225	151.00	1,850	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	150.60	1,930	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	141.00	2,200	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	115.15	1,273	4thin

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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,040	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,094	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	740	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,665	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,225	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,850	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	642	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,117	133.53/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,492	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,150	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,898	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,656	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,300	150.96/cwt	145.00–163.00	1,962	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Natural	1,560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,200	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 May 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 10

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 73Year ago 20

Bottle Calves $650-$750

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	385.00	385.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,300	145.00–163.00	150.96
1	—	1,150	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,117	131.00–135.00	133.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	151.00	151.00

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.