Sale reports / West Virginia / South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange / 2020-02-12

South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 12
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878
Receipts
195 head
182 vs last sale 13 195 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle Special

Moderate offering of slaughter cattle, lighter offering of steers but an increase of over 50 head for heifers, demand steady compared to last reported. Heavier receipts of slaughter cows, demand good and prices $2-5 higher compared to last reported. No market test on feeders.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,68367.631,1386thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46857.438434thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31055.4672734
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11047.8453141
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,369115.421,58051
HeifersChoiceAverage1,308112.771,47530
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,555117.881,83312
SteersChoiceAverage1,605115.141,8483thin

Every lot, as filed

14 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,59870.55/cwt66.00–74.001,1275
Bulls2,11053.00/cwt53.00–53.001,1181
HeifersChoice and Prime1,369115.42/cwt112.50–116.501,58051
HeifersChoice1,308112.77/cwt108.00–114.751,47530
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26553.01/cwt49.00–58.006714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46857.43/cwt56.00–59.508434
CowsLean 85-90%1,11153.40/cwt46.00–60.0059313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30154.19/cwt50.00–59.0070523
CowsLean 85-90%1,17841.30/cwt35.00–49.0048710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36761.04/cwt59.00–64.008347
CowsLean 85-90%92322.85/cwt21.00–24.002112
CowsLean 85-90%1,08950.54/cwt45.00–54.0055016
SteersChoice1,605115.14/cwt114.00–116.001,8483
SteersChoice and Prime1,555117.88/cwt117.00–120.001,83312

How this sale compares

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.