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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Dec 17

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 4 vs year ago 7 · −57.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 6▲ 9 vs year ago 12 · +75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sales until January 10. Contact Sale for further information

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb heifers averaged $240.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$240.00

1 head · 325 lb average

Value per head Derived

$780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−116.81

vs WV average

−214.56 vs national

Price by quality 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	325	240.00	780	1thin

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

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

240.00

—

WV average2 barns · 23 hd

356.81

−116.81

National average172 barns · 5,516 hd

454.56

−214.56

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	1,885	173.00	3,261	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,424	137.76	1,961	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,177	106.53	1,254	6thin

Every lot

11 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 · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	275	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	715	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	780	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	894	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,885	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	3,261	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	840	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	445	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,175	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,398	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,255	120.06/cwt	101.00–133.00	1,507	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,280	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,370	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,395	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,548	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,402	140.72/cwt	131.00–146.00	1,973	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,710	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,206	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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed Dec 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 7

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 6Year ago 12

No sales until January 10. Contact Sale for further information

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	129.00	129.00
1	—	1,395	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,402	131.00–146.00	140.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	53.00	53.00
1	—	1,280	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,255	101.00–133.00	120.06
1	—	1,175	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	173.00	173.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	275.00	275.00

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.