South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Market Report

Moorefield, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, May 9, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	313	252
Feeder cattle	82	—
Slaughter cattle	114	42
Replacement cattle	105	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Complete dispersal special along with regular sale. Strong demand for cow calf pairs as well as feeder cattle.

→ Feeder cattle: Strong demand for cow calf pairs as well as feeder cattle
→ Replacement cows: Strong demand for cow calf pairs as well as feeder cattle

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	580.00	$580.00	$870	—
365–390	378	2	550.00–605.00	$576.59	$2,180	—
435	435	1	535.00	$535.00	$2,327	—
524	524	4	525.00	$525.00	$2,751	—
555	555	1	520.00	$520.00	$2,886	—
625	625	1	445.00	$445.00	$2,781	—
675	675	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,835	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,392	—
365	365	1	610.00	$610.00	$2,226	—
495	495	1	520.00	$520.00	$2,574	—
795	795	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,782	—
1060	1060	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,862	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
192	192	1	610.00	$610.00	$1,171	—
335	335	1	650.00	$650.00	$2,178	—
410–425	418	2	460.00–475.00	$467.37	$1,954	—
505–515	509	5	420.00–430.00	$425.99	$2,168	—
570–593	583	4	380.00–390.00	$385.01	$2,245	—
681–695	684	5	350.00–352.50	$351.99	$2,408	—
760	760	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,432	—
850	850	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,168	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
135–145	140	2	520.00–610.00	$566.61	$793	—
170	170	1	510.00	$510.00	$867	—
295	295	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,475	—
300–320	310	2	400.00–500.00	$448.39	$1,390	—
360–395	381	4	430.00–500.00	$458.18	$1,746	—
405	405	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,640	—
450–495	480	3	375.00–410.00	$399.06	$1,915	—
500–525	513	2	375.00–420.00	$398.05	$2,042	—
553	553	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,212	—
835	835	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,296	—
898	898	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,649	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,173	—
465	465	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,628	—
565	565	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,836	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145	145	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–440	433	2	480.00–530.00	$505.43	$2,189	—
500–520	508	4	475.00–492.50	$484.94	$2,463	—
565–590	578	2	390.00–400.00	$395.11	$2,284	—
603	603	4	380.00	$380.00	$2,291	—
655–695	678	3	360.00–370.00	$366.58	$2,485	—
740	740	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,553	—
755	755	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,340	—
815	815	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,445	—
855–895	875	2	260.00–295.00	$277.10	$2,425	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	—	—	1	710.00	$710.00	—
945–1735	1226	(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	3,700.00–6,000.00	$4,816.04	—
1565–1570	1568	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	3,950.00–4,300.00	$4,124.72	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	520.00	$520.00	$2,418	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,129	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
868–1205	980	80-85%	3	200.00–290.00	$253.12	$2,481	—
1025–1130	1065	80-85%	6	191.00–247.50	$225.99	$2,407	—
1160	1160	80-85%	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,610	—
960–1425	1230	80-85%	11	160.00–195.00	$176.30	$2,168	—
1182–1575	1356	80-85%	27	146.00–185.00	$169.01	$2,292	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$717	—
670–1052	835	85-90%	5	185.00–280.00	$234.94	$1,962	—
765–1160	912	85-90%	6	51.00–115.00	$89.14	$813	-7.07
900–1430	1200	85-90%	19	120.00–180.00	$151.16	$1,814	+6.41
870–1415	1206	85-90%	11	125.00–185.00	$162.20	$1,956	+17.45

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500	1500	75-80%	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,700	—
1615–2005	1748	75-80%	3	172.00–188.00	$179.05	$3,130	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,180	—
1100	1100	1	205.00	$205.00	$2,255	—
1510	1510	1	247.00	$247.00	$3,730	—
1220–2385	1773	16	171.00–250.00	$218.47	$3,873	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1235	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	3,500.00	$3,500.00
1253	1253	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	3,450.00	$3,450.00
1388	1388	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,050.00	$3,050.00
1273–1641	1518	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,800.00–4,100.00	$3,736.68
1530	1530	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	4,500.00	$4,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	2,575.00	$2,575.00
1212	1212	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	4,300.00	$4,300.00

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	150.00	$150.00	$225	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115	115	1	240.00	$240.00	$276	+15.00

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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
645–1258	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	3,800.00–5,700.00	$5,059.48	—
1006	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	5,100.00	$5,100.00	—
938–1243	1102	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	4,000.00–5,900.00	$5,246.57	—
1098–1230	1142	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	4,500.00–4,775.00	$4,676.27	—
843–1360	1176	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	19	3,900.00–4,525.00	$4,206.89	—
1250–1258	1254	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,500.00–3,750.00	$3,624.60	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
128	128	2	145.00	$145.00	$186	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	1	400.00	$400.00	$260	-44.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	1	200.00	$200.00	$130	-200.00
130	130	1	235.00	$235.00	$306	+21.44

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
45	45	1	395.00	$395.00	$178	—
65	65	1	400.00	$400.00	$260	—
85	85	1	400.00	$400.00	$340	—
168	168	2	150.00	$150.00	$252	-20.00

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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.