South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Market Report

Moorefield, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 22, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	71	198	147
Feeder cattle	29	101	117
Slaughter cattle	23	85	30
Replacement cattle	1	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

***Special Sheep & Goat Sale next Wednesday June 29***

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1406	1406	6	152.50	$152.50	$2,144	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	160.00	$160.00	$704	—
560	560	1	152.50	$152.50	$854	—
645 thin fleshed	645	2	152.50	$152.50	$984	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	140.50	$140.50	$594	—
520	520	1	144.00	$144.00	$749	+9.00
670	670	1	108.00	$108.00	$724	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	3	124.00	$124.00	$527	—
450	450	2	123.00	$123.00	$554	—
500	500	1	111.00	$111.00	$555	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	115.00	$115.00	$558	-28.79
505	505	2	124.00	$124.00	$626	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335 thin fleshed	335	1	122.00	$122.00	$409	—
645	645	1	110.00	$110.00	$710	—
760	760	1	101.00	$101.00	$768	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520 thin fleshed	520	1	86.00	$86.00	$447	—
775	775	1	76.00	$76.00	$589	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	84.00	$84.00	$428	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	101.00	$101.00	$687	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	97.00	$97.00	$534	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	81.00	$81.00	$462	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	84.00	$84.00	$496	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1885	1509	80-85%	8	64.00–84.00	$75.11	$1,133	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145	1145	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,030	—
970–1430	1203	85-90%	6	54.00–75.00	$66.46	$800	+21.66

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1770	1770	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,239	—
1810	1810	1	130.00	$130.00	$2,353	—

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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
880	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	79.00	$79.00	$573	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
158	158	2	80.00	$80.00	$126	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
56	56	4	202.50	$202.50	$113	—
63	63	4	182.50	$182.50	$115	—
82	82	3	205.00	$205.00	$168	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
42	42	3	142.50	$142.50	$60	—

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Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110	110	1	185.00	$185.00	$204	—

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
140	140	1	125.00	$125.00	$175	—

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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.