South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Market Report

Moorefield, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 3, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	124	107	156
Feeder cattle	12	41	47
Slaughter cattle	55	41	60
Replacement cattle	1	—	0

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	2	149.00	$149.00	$571	—
425	425	1	137.00	$137.00	$582	—
640	640	1	105.00	$105.00	$672	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1315	1283	2	107.00–114.00	$110.41	$1,417	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	92.00	$92.00	$391	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	125.00	$125.00	$450	—
475	475	1	118.00	$118.00	$560	+14.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	105.00	$105.00	$320	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	54.00	$54.00	$359	-30.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1480	1399	80-85%	4	60.00–65.00	$62.19	$870	—
1435	1435	80-85%	1	33.00	$33.00	$474	-40.00
1150–1575	1442	80-85%	18	42.00–59.00	$51.90	$748	-21.10

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$654	—
935–1270	1106	85-90%	8	22.00–39.00	$28.16	$311	-30.18
1045–1480	1243	85-90%	12	41.00–53.00	$45.97	$571	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1710–1890	1800	75-80%	2	57.00	$57.00	$1,026	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	1	68.00	$68.00	$690	—
1705	1705	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,279	—
1500–2030	1752	3	74.00–81.00	$76.99	$1,349	-3.61

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	-75.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00	—

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
84–85	84	11	256.00–260.00	$256.37	$215	-1.63
90	90	1	255.00	$255.00	$230	+15.00
108–120	110	44	243.00–264.00	$260.16	$286	+62.66

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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.