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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-09

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Aug 9

● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1882

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Receipts

47 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 73▼ 5 vs year ago 52 · −9.6%

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
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,491	194.39	2,898	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,384	184.59	2,555	17
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,322	168.42	2,227	9thin

Every lot

3 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	1,322	168.42/cwt	165.00–171.00	2,227	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,384	184.59/cwt	176.00–188.00	2,555	17
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,491	194.39/cwt	190.00–200.00	2,898	21

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 Aug 9, 2023

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

Receipts 47Last week 73Year ago 52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,384	176.00–188.00	184.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,491	190.00–200.00	194.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,322	165.00–171.00	168.42

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.