South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Market Report, Moorefield, WV

Moorefield, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 23, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	43	106	67
Feeder cattle	14	28	33
Slaughter cattle	26	73	15

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	163.00	$163.00	$562	—
378	378	2	160.00	$160.00	$605	—
690	690	1	125.00	$125.00	$862	—
700	700	1	133.00	$133.00	$931	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	443	2	133.00–134.00	$133.50	$591	—
490	490	1	116.00	$116.00	$568	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	131.00	$131.00	$413	—
435	435	1	105.00	$105.00	$457	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	120.00	$120.00	$522	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	1	84.00	$84.00	$718	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	101.00	$101.00	$510	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	85-90%	1	10.00	$10.00	$77	—
960	960	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$576	—
965–1325	1159	85-90%	10	51.00–72.00	$62.68	$726	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1590	1446	80-85%	6	72.00–84.00	$80.11	$1,158	—
1315–1895	1555	80-85%	5	80.00–90.00	$85.03	$1,322	+10.77

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1775	1775	75-80%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,598	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550	1550	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,162	—
2245	2245	1	113.00	$113.00	$2,537	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	255.00	$255.00	—

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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.