South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Market Report

Moorefield, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 24, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	78	68	38
Feeder cattle	22	23	22
Slaughter cattle	54	16	16
Replacement cattle	—	1	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,100	—
550	550	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,430	—
625	625	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,438	-25.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–497	483	5	220.00–237.50	$230.80	$1,115	—
555	555	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,221	-2.45
745	745	2	177.50	$177.50	$1,322	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	210.00	$210.00	$441	—
423 thin fleshed	423	1	225.00	$225.00	$952	—
490	490	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,078	—
900	900	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,170	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	255.00	$255.00	$497	—
200–205	203	2	230.00–235.00	$232.53	$472	—
255	255	1	265.00	$265.00	$676	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	160.00	$160.00	$728	—
605	605	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,089	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1745	1441	75-80%	19	110.00–135.00	$124.12	$1,789	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	80-85%	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,187	—
1095–1600	1346	80-85%	15	114.00–139.00	$126.24	$1,699	—
1300–1540	1420	80-85%	2	139.00–148.00	$143.88	$2,043	+22.15

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1255	1178	85-90%	4	63.00–100.00	$87.64	$1,032	—
1015–1300	1191	85-90%	7	95.00–122.00	$107.57	$1,281	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1900	1620	3	129.00–137.00	$133.55	$2,164	—
1940	1940	1	183.00	$183.00	$3,550	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460–1935	1698	2	145.00–150.00	$147.85	$2,510	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	47.50	$47.50	—
40	40	1	55.00	$55.00	—

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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.