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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Dec 4

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1882

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Receipts

109 head

▲ 109 vs last sale 0▲ 109 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	1,308	114.17	1,493	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,215	108.00	1,312	6thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,481	118.17	1,750	59
Steers	Choice	Average	1,377	115.31	1,588	28
Steers	Select	Average	1,345	103.20	1,388	2thin

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	—	Select	1,345	103.20/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,388	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,377	115.31/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,588	28
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,430	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,687	8
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,489	118.20/cwt	116.00–120.25	1,760	51
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,215	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,312	6
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,308	114.17/cwt	113.25–115.00	1,493	14

This sale against other markets

West Virginia weighted averages

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

Wed Dec 4, 2019

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

Receipts 109Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	100.00–107.00	103.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,489	116.00–120.25	118.20
8	—	1,430	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,377	113.00–117.00	115.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,308	113.25–115.00	114.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,215	108.00	108.00

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.