Sale reports / West Virginia / South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange / 2025-12-10

South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Dec 10
● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878
Receipts
6 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 55▼ 25 vs year ago 31 · −80.6%
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Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,130122.001,3791thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,320138.581,8293thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11850.005592thin

Every lot

3 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,130122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11850.00/cwt50.00–50.005592
Cows—Boner 80-85%Natural1,320138.58/cwt130.00–145.001,8293

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.