Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sales until January 10. Contact Sale for further information

Weight class

Heifers · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb heifers averaged $240.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$240.00

1 head · 325 lb average

Value per head Derived

$780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−116.81

vs WV average

−214.56 vs national

What quality paid 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	325	240.00	780	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

240.00

—

WV average2 barns · 23 hd

356.81

−116.81

National average172 barns · 5,516 hd

454.56

−214.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,885	173.00	3,261	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,424	137.76	1,961	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,177	106.53	1,254	6thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,710	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	780	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,548	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,402	140.72/cwt	131.00–146.00	1,973	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	445	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,280	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,370	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,255	120.06/cwt	101.00–133.00	1,507	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,175	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,398	1
Bulls	—	—	1,885	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	3,261	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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