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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-15

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

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1882

← Nov 16Feb 15Mar 8 →

Receipts

74 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 77▲ 56 vs year ago 18 · +311.1%

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	1,364	156.37	2,133	30
Heifers	Select	Average	1,005	154.00	1,548	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,248	149.25	1,863	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,150	147.67	1,699	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,557	155.32	2,419	29
Steers	Choice	Average	1,392	152.04	2,117	4thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,475	147.00	2,168	1thin

Every lot

11 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	—	Choice	1,383	151.89/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,101	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,420	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,166	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,475	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,168	1
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,548	154.84/cwt	149.00–158.50	2,397	24
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,601	157.64/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,524	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,005	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,548	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,130	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,684	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,191	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,727	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,248	149.25/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,863	6
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,340	156.35/cwt	154.00–157.50	2,095	24
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,459	156.47/cwt	154.00–158.00	2,283	6

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 Feb 15, 2023

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

Receipts 74Last week 77Year ago 18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,248	147.00–155.00	149.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,459	154.00–158.00	156.47
24	—	1,340	154.00–157.50	156.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,191	145.00	145.00
2	—	1,130	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	152.50	152.50
3	—	1,383	147.00–155.00	151.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,601	155.00–160.00	157.64
24	—	1,548	149.00–158.50	154.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	147.00	147.00

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.