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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-08

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Mar 8

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1882

← Feb 15Mar 8Mar 29 →

Receipts

82 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 74▲ 64 vs year ago 18 · +355.6%

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	1,447	158.50	2,293	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,376	155.89	2,145	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,588	162.93	2,587	43
Steers	Choice	Average	1,446	160.17	2,317	25
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,431	157.00	2,247	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,389	145.35	2,018	3thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,380	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,987	1
Steers	—	Select	1,393	146.03/cwt	136.00–155.00	2,034	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,410	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,341	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,431	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,247	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,448	159.93/cwt	158.00–165.00	2,316	24
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,584	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,582	8
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,588	162.80/cwt	154.50–164.50	2,585	34
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,610	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,689	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,109	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,708	1
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,263	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,958	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,443	156.36/cwt	151.00–162.00	2,256	4
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,630	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,641	2

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 Mar 8, 2023

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

Receipts 82Last week 74Year ago 18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,443	151.00–162.00	156.36
1	—	1,109	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,263	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,630	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,448	158.00–165.00	159.93
1	—	1,410	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,588	154.50–164.50	162.80
1	—	1,610	167.00	167.00
8	—	1,584	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	144.00	144.00
2	—	1,393	136.00–155.00	146.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,431	157.00	157.00

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.