South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Market Report, Moorefield, WV

Moorefield, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	97	68	122
Feeder cattle	18	17	44
Slaughter cattle	57	22	60

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	-24.00
605	605	1	115.00	$115.00	$696	—
650	650	1	113.00	$113.00	$734	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	108.00	$108.00	$362	—
530	530	1	97.00	$97.00	$514	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	78.00	$78.00	$468	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	93.00	$93.00	$456	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	115.00	$115.00	$374	—
570	570	2	104.00	$104.00	$593	—
700	700	1	87.00	$87.00	$609	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	80.00	$80.00	$492	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	108.00	$108.00	$459	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1215	1069	85-90%	5	15.00–25.00	$21.12	$226	—
1071–1240	1156	85-90%	2	9.00–11.00	$10.07	$116	—
1035–1285	1200	85-90%	16	26.00–47.00	$37.11	$445	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	80-85%	1	60.00	$60.00	$816	—
1215–1560	1397	80-85%	18	39.00–55.00	$46.09	$644	—
1400	1400	80-85%	1	25.00	$25.00	$350	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1800	1600	75-80%	3	38.00–47.00	$42.25	$676	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–2360	1393	11	50.00–86.00	$65.31	$910	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	112.50	$112.50	—
60	60	1	145.00	$145.00	—
70–75	73	2	160.00–170.00	$165.17	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	1	142.50	$142.50	—

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
97–98	97	10	181.00–182.00	$181.20	$176	+50.20
101	101	5	161.00	$161.00	$163	+3.36
120–145	133	2	121.00–134.00	$126.89	$169	-30.75

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.