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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-08

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 8

● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1882

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Receipts

81 head

▲ 81 vs last sale 0▲ 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,352	111.01	1,501	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,326	107.82	1,430	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,544	114.55	1,769	52
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,471	109.00	1,603	19

Every lot

4 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Slaughter Cattle Special - 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,471	109.00/cwt	106.00–111.50	1,603	19
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,544	114.55/cwt	112.00–116.75	1,769	52
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,326	107.82/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,430	5
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,352	111.01/cwt	110.50–111.50	1,501	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.

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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Slaughter Cattle Special - Moorefield, WV

Wed May 8, 2019

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,471	106.00–111.50	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,544	112.00–116.75	114.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,326	106.00–109.00	107.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,352	110.50–111.50	111.01

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.