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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-11

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Apr 11

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Receipts

43 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 38▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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As filed

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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	1,742	201.57	3,511	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,337	170.74	2,283	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	129.65	1,367	29

Every lot

10 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	—	—	1,742	201.57/cwt	166.00–217.00	3,511	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	860	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,462	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	953	91.45/cwt	85.00–100.00	872	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	973	195.27/cwt	151.00–217.50	1,900	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	982	100.65/cwt	71.00–115.00	988	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,093	166.66/cwt	150.00–182.50	1,822	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,157	149.26/cwt	120.00–168.00	1,727	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,247	161.29/cwt	150.00–175.00	2,011	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,794	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,462	175.59/cwt	158.00–201.00	2,567	6

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

Sat Apr 11, 2026

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

Receipts 43Last week 38Year ago 0

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As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	973	151.00–217.50	195.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	125.00	125.00
9	—	1,157	120.00–168.00	149.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,462	158.00–201.00	175.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	953	85.00–100.00	91.45
10	—	982	71.00–115.00	100.65
2	—	1,093	150.00–182.50	166.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,247	150.00–175.00	161.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,742	166.00–217.00	201.57

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.