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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-30

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Oct 30

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1882

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Receipts

22 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 22 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	1,315	111.50	1,466	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,470	105.00	1,544	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,462	110.14	1,611	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,421	109.06	1,550	10

Every lot

6 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,403	109.13/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,531	8
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,423	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,572	3
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,479	109.99/cwt	108.00–111.50	1,627	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,495	108.76/cwt	107.50–110.00	1,626	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,315	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,466	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,470	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,544	1

This sale against other markets

West Virginia weighted averages

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

Wed Oct 30, 2019

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,479	108.00–111.50	109.99
3	—	1,423	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,403	105.00–110.00	109.13
2	—	1,495	107.50–110.00	108.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	111.50	111.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	105.00	105.00

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.