Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves $800-$850

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $313.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −119.05 against this barn's trailing median of $432.05.

Average price

$313.00

3 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$324

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.90

vs WV average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	322.00	1,829	2thin
Medium and Large 3	510	295.00	1,505	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $324 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

313.00

—

WV average6 barns · 54 hd

326.90

−13.90

This barn, trailing median1 sales

432.05

−119.05

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	—	Average	1,664	161.25	2,683	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,387	134.35	1,864	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,211	93.13	1,128	8thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,786	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,945	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	650–700	675	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,020	1
Bulls	—	—	1,518	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,262	2
Bulls	—	—	1,810	173.49/cwt	173.00–174.00	3,140	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,390	136.10/cwt	129.00–145.00	1,892	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,225	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,899	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,070	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	974	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	107.01/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,236	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,393	97.48/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,358	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	377	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	125.14/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,800	3

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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