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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Aug 13

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 8▼ 18 vs year ago 19 · −94.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 26▼ 9 vs year ago 19 · −47.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Light run today, no market test. Below average attendance but trade remained active none the less. Rainy conditions today in the eastern panhandle, State Fair is in full swing this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −109.41 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$285.00

1 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−60.89

vs WV average

−65.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	285.00	1,582	1thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

285.00

—

WV average4 barns · 63 hd

345.89

−60.89

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

−65.81

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−109.41

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.80, low $354.66, median $394.41 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,760	174.00	3,062	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,325	162.70	2,156	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,217	130.38	1,587	4thin

Every lot

6 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	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,760	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	3,062	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	855	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,283	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,259	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,338	123.84/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,657	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,343	158.38/cwt	140.00–171.00	2,127	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 Aug 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1Last week 8Year ago 19

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 26Year ago 19

Light run today, no market test. Below average attendance but trade remained active none the less. Rainy conditions today in the eastern panhandle, State Fair is in full swing this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	285.00	285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,343	140.00–171.00	158.38
1	—	1,255	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,338	120.00–130.00	123.84
1	—	855	150.00	150.00

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.