Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.00/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −128.34 against this barn's trailing median of $395.34.

Average price

$267.00

23 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.75

vs WV average

−6.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	267.00	1,481	23

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.80, low $356.75, median $395.34 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

267.00

—

WV average4 barns · 39 hd

256.25

+10.75

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

−6.03

This barn, trailing median5 sales

395.34

−128.34

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,929	146.50	2,826	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,462	125.71	1,838	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,097	83.56	916	12

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	475	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,024	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	277.76/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,336	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,493	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,936	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	491	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,669	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	392	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,245	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,179	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,089	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	420	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	882	3
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	630	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,339	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	66.89/cwt	61.00–70.00	684	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,463	119.43/cwt	111.00–127.00	1,747	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	80.98/cwt	80.00–83.00	837	3
Bulls	—	—	2,120	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,604	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	135.13/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,973	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	106.34/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,316	4
Bulls	—	—	1,560	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,654	1
Bulls	—	—	1,988	152.17/cwt	150.00–156.00	3,025	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	250–300	285	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	926	1

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every West Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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