South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Aug 20

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 10▲ 2 vs year ago 15 · +13.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,945	173.98	3,384	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,303	139.35	1,815	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,204	129.00	1,553	6thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,425	$2,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	985	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,230	135.29/cwt	125.00–145.00	1,664	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,275	134.05/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,709	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,270	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,286	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,238	147.23/cwt	125.00–157.00	1,823	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	143.99/cwt	143.00–145.00	2,073	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	693	1
Bulls	—	—	1,945	173.98/cwt	173.00–175.00	3,384	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1

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.

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