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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jul 9

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 0▼ 45 vs year ago 51 · −88.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 13▼ 18 vs year ago 24 · −75.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $160.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −272.05 against this barn's trailing median of $432.05.

Average price

$160.00

2 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$900

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 4

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WV average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	535	170.00	910	1thin
Medium and Large 4	590	150.00	885	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $25 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

160.00

—

WV average1 barns · 2 hd

160.00

+0.00

This barn, trailing median1 sales

432.05

−272.05

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	1,535	169.90	2,608	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,605	153.00	2,456	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	120.00	1,212	1thin

Every lot

8 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	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,140	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	910	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 4	590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	885	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 4	725	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,088	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 4	1,010	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,364	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,535	169.90/cwt	145.00–184.00	2,608	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,010	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,212	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,605	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,456	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 Jul 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 51

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 13Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	150.00	150.00
1	700–750	725	150.00	150.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,535	145.00–184.00	169.90

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.