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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-10

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, May 10

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1882

← Mar 29May 10Aug 9 →

Receipts

73 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 103▲ 21 vs year ago 52 · +40.4%

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	1,555	160.93	2,502	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,370	159.78	2,189	6thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,626	162.05	2,635	51
Steers	Choice	Average	1,461	141.84	2,072	5thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,447	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,497	149.80/cwt	140.00–155.00	2,243	4
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,618	162.49/cwt	156.00–174.00	2,629	50
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	2,025	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,835	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,370	159.78/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,189	6
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,555	160.93/cwt	145.00–167.00	2,502	11

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 10, 2023

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

Receipts 73Last week 103Year ago 52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,370	155.00–163.00	159.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,555	145.00–167.00	160.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,497	140.00–155.00	149.80
1	—	1,315	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,618	156.00–174.00	162.49
1	—	2,025	140.00	140.00

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.