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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 28

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← May 21May 28Jun 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 10▼ 2 vs year ago 3 · −66.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 11▼ 57 vs year ago 67 · −85.1%

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

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 200–300 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

200–300 lb steers averaged $315.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$315.00

1 head · 255 lb average

Value per head Derived

$803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs WV average

Price by quality 200–300 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1-2	255	315.00	803	1thin

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

How it compared 200–300 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

315.00

—

WV average1 barns · 1 hd

315.00

+0.00

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	1,885	200.00	3,770	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,504	140.68	2,116	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	79.92	822	5thin

Every lot

7 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	250–300	Small 1-2	255	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	803	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,885	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,770	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	875	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	648	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	875	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	438	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	83.79/cwt	80.00–87.00	945	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,226	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,504	140.68/cwt	140.00–142.00	2,116	4

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 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1Last week 10Year ago 3

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 11Year ago 67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	80.00–87.00	83.79
1	—	875	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,135	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,504	140.00–142.00	140.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	200.00	200.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	315.00	315.00

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.