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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Aug 20

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 10▲ 2 vs year ago 15 · +13.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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	1,945	173.98	3,384	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,303	139.35	1,815	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,204	129.00	1,553	6thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,425	$2,600	1thin

Every lot

9 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,945	173.98/cwt	173.00–175.00	3,384	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	985	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,230	135.29/cwt	125.00–145.00	1,664	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,238	147.23/cwt	125.00–157.00	1,823	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,270	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,286	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,275	134.05/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,709	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,385	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	693	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,440	143.99/cwt	143.00–145.00	2,073	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,425	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	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.

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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed Aug 20, 2025

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 10Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,275	128.00–140.00	134.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,230	125.00–145.00	135.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,238	125.00–157.00	147.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	143.00–145.00	143.99
1	—	1,385	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,945	173.00–175.00	173.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	2,600.00	2,600.00

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.