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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-13

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 13

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1882

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Receipts

82 head

▲ 82 vs last sale 0▲ 82 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	109.70	1,484	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,325	101.00	1,338	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,623	108.79	1,766	58
Steers	Choice	Average	1,459	105.77	1,543	7thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,435	105.50	1,514	1thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,435	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	1,514	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,459	105.77/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,543	7
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,623	108.79/cwt	101.00–114.25	1,766	58
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,325	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,338	1
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,341	110.32/cwt	106.00–114.50	1,479	14
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,512	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,527	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 May 13, 2020

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

Receipts 82Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,512	101.00	101.00
14	—	1,341	106.00–114.50	110.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,459	103.00–110.00	105.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,623	101.00–114.25	108.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	105.50	105.50

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.