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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Sep 3

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Aug 20Sep 3Sep 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 3 vs year ago 6 · −50.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 17▼ 22 vs year ago 48 · −45.8%

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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 $215.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −217.05 against this barn's trailing median of $432.05.

Average price

$215.00

1 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,097

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−127.05

vs WV average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	215.00	1,097	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

215.00

—

WV average2 barns · 24 hd

342.05

−127.05

This barn, trailing median1 sales

432.05

−217.05

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	1,981	194.31	3,849	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,398	146.87	2,053	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,710	138.01	2,360	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,203	135.52	1,630	7thin

Every lot

12 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	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,248	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,097	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,170	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,981	194.31/cwt	181.00–208.00	3,849	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	930	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,748	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	930	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	763	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,058	161.91/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,713	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,125	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,429	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,417	138.60/cwt	127.00–144.00	1,964	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,426	142.49/cwt	132.00–157.00	2,032	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,493	148.21/cwt	142.00–155.00	2,213	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Natural	1,710	138.01/cwt	136.00–140.00	2,360	2

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 Sep 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 6

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 17Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	215.00	215.00
1	600–650	600	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,981	181.00–208.00	194.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	142.00–155.00	148.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,417	127.00–144.00	138.60
1	—	1,125	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	159.00–165.00	161.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,426	132.00–157.00	142.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	136.00–140.00	138.01

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.