South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Market Report

Moorefield, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	61	44	65
Feeder cattle	33	18	11
Slaughter cattle	19	20	12

Market comments — USDA reporter

***Please see South Branch Board special sale report***

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	136.00	$136.00	$428	—
420	420	1	129.00	$129.00	$542	—
580	580	1	122.00	$122.00	$708	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	118.00	$118.00	$743	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	119.00	$119.00	$446	—
400	400	1	119.00	$119.00	$476	—
633	633	2	94.00	$94.00	$595	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–633	630	4	90.00–97.00	$91.72	$578	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	85.00	$85.00	$442	—
535	535	1	71.00	$71.00	$380	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	106.00	$106.00	$541	-10.00
635–640	638	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$769	—
660–670	662	6	109.00–118.50	$116.90	$774	—
750	750	1	108.00	$108.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	108.00	$108.00	$427	-25.00
400	400	1	124.00	$124.00	$496	—
475	475	1	107.00	$107.00	$508	—
600–620	605	4	103.00–117.00	$113.41	$686	+11.41

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	85.00	$85.00	$289	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1170	1135	80-85%	3	71.00–79.00	$75.58	$858	—
1280–1730	1505	80-85%	2	35.00–61.00	$49.94	$752	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	85-90%	1	20.00	$20.00	$180	—
1175	1175	85-90%	1	23.00	$23.00	$270	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600	1600	75-80%	1	56.00	$56.00	$896	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1905	1494	4	61.00–71.00	$66.58	$995	—
1455–1695	1575	2	51.00–56.00	$53.31	$840	—
2090	2090	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,881	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	160.00	$160.00	-110.00
130	130	1	285.00	$285.00	—
170	170	1	285.00	$285.00	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	122.50	$122.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
63	63	2	197.50	$197.50	—
210	210	2	245.00–360.00	$302.50	—

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
135	135	1	110.00	$110.00	$148	—

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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.