South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Market Report

Moorefield, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 19, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	73	73	140
Feeder cattle	16	36	43
Slaughter cattle	42	10	85

Market comments — USDA reporter

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	88.00	$88.00	$568	-41.43

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	165.00	$165.00	$297	—
465	465	1	115.00	$115.00	$535	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	150.00	$150.00	$322	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	116.00	$116.00	$615	+20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	129.00	$129.00	$619	—
730	730	2	88.00	$88.00	$642	—
870	870	1	70.00	$70.00	$609	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	89.00	$89.00	$587	—
735	735	1	84.00	$84.00	$617	—
760	760	1	90.00	$90.00	$684	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	90.00	$90.00	$585	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	1	72.00	$72.00	$500	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	80-85%	1	70.50	$70.50	$927	—
1290–1435	1368	80-85%	3	71.00–75.00	$73.07	$1,000	—
1235–1635	1438	80-85%	14	51.00–69.00	$59.41	$854	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	85-90%	1	16.00	$16.00	$125	—
1040–1315	1133	85-90%	4	22.00–40.00	$34.92	$396	—
1220	1220	85-90%	1	63.00	$63.00	$769	—
1005–1415	1226	85-90%	9	40.00–57.00	$49.66	$609	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1710–1880	1795	75-80%	2	62.00	$62.00	$1,113	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	1	74.00	$74.00	$751	—
1080	1080	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,004	—
970–1770	1251	4	50.00–80.00	$70.68	$884	—
1920	1920	1	110.00	$110.00	$2,112	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
163	163	2	89.00	$89.00	$145	—
170	170	4	110.00	$110.00	$187	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	4	120.00–150.00	$127.50	-0.50
45	45	2	132.50	$132.50	+4.50

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
75	75	1	227.00	$227.00	$170	-7.00
85	85	1	231.00	$231.00	$196	+11.00

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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.