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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 15

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1882

← Jan 8Jan 15Mar 11 →

Receipts

93 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 58▲ 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Special Graded SaleSat Oct 24, 2026

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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	1,309	117.11	1,533	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,385	116.00	1,607	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,406	120.84	1,699	13
Steers	Choice	High	1,404	118.82	1,669	46
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,328	116.25	1,544	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,184	104.97	1,243	3thin

Every lot

7 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,184	104.97/cwt	104.00–105.50	1,243	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,328	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	1,544	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,401	118.61/cwt	114.50–121.50	1,662	44
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,406	120.84/cwt	120.50–121.25	1,699	13
Steers	—	Choice	1,479	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,827	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,309	117.11/cwt	116.25–118.00	1,533	20
Heifers	—	Choice	1,385	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,607	3

This sale against other markets

West Virginia weighted averages

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

Wed Jan 15, 2020

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

Receipts 93Last week 58Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,479	123.50	123.50
44	—	1,401	114.50–121.50	118.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,406	120.50–121.25	120.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,184	104.00–105.50	104.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,328	116.25	116.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,309	116.25–118.00	117.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	116.00	116.00

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.