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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Sep 10

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Sep 3Sep 10Sep 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 3▼ 1 vs year ago 9 · −11.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 26▼ 4 vs year ago 22 · −18.2%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $240.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$240.00

1 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−99.39

vs WV average

−112.74 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	625	240.00	1,500	1thin

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

240.00

—

WV average4 barns · 22 hd

339.39

−99.39

National average181 barns · 9,734 hd

352.74

−112.74

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	1,970	166.70	3,284	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,489	140.98	2,099	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,113	70.50	784	2thin

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	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,418	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	334.77/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,088	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,770	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,970	166.70/cwt	162.00–172.00	3,284	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,005	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	724	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	412	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,195	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,207	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,435	143.11/cwt	135.00–147.00	2,054	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,590	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,306	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,599	151.04/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,415	5

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 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8Last week 3Year ago 9

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 26Year ago 22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,435	135.00–147.00	143.11
5	—	1,599	150.00–153.00	151.04
1	—	1,005	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,590	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,970	162.00–172.00	166.70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	885	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	330.00–340.00	334.77
1	400–450	430	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	625	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	405.00	405.00

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.