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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 5

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1882

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Receipts

124 head

▲ 93 vs last sale 31▲ 124 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	1,337	115.65	1,546	37
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,331	108.48	1,444	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,160	99.67	1,156	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,575	118.13	1,860	61
Steers	Choice	Average	1,503	113.04	1,700	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,225	82.00	1,005	1thin

Every lot

12 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,225	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,005	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,486	114.14/cwt	106.00–116.50	1,696	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,510	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,555	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,530	113.30/cwt	111.00–115.50	1,733	5
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,571	118.00/cwt	110.00–124.00	1,854	56
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,616	119.57/cwt	109.00–122.50	1,932	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,075	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,075	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,155	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,086	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,238	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,164	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,250	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,313	1
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,337	115.65/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,546	37
Heifers	—	Choice	1,350	111.37/cwt	106.00–116.25	1,503	5

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 5, 2021

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

Receipts 124Last week 31Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	94.00	94.00
1	—	1,250	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,075	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,350	106.00–116.25	111.37
1	—	1,238	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,337	112.00–119.00	115.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,530	111.00–115.50	113.30
8	—	1,486	106.00–116.50	114.14
1	—	1,510	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,616	109.00–122.50	119.57
56	—	1,571	110.00–124.00	118.00

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.