Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Fat Cattle sale included

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −110.34 against this barn's trailing median of $395.34.

Average price

$285.00

1 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−30.32

vs WV average

−47.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	585	285.00	1,667	1thin

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 sale1 hd

285.00

—

WV average5 barns · 70 hd

315.32

−30.32

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−47.82

This barn, trailing median5 sales

395.34

−110.34

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	—	Average	1,593	135.32	2,156	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,460	135.70	1,981	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,461	128.97	1,884	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,164	96.23	1,120	8thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,613	210.00	3,387	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,214	206.98	2,513	9thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,145	175.00	2,004	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,552	217.09	3,369	25
Steers	Choice	Average	1,457	210.81	3,072	8thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	615	$1,090	1thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	615	1,090.00/head	1,090.00–1,090.00	1,090	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,638	2
Bulls	—	—	1,583	159.79/cwt	150.00–170.00	2,529	2
Bulls	—	—	1,130	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,243	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	37.84/cwt	35.00–41.00	347	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,214	206.98/cwt	197.00–213.00	2,513	9
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,613	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,387	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,473	130.56/cwt	120.00–140.00	1,923	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,445	126.98/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,835	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,450	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,103	1
Bulls	—	—	1,660	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,677	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,205	109.83/cwt	84.00–134.00	1,323	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,457	210.81/cwt	208.00–215.00	3,072	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,460	135.70/cwt	115.00–150.00	1,981	7
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,552	217.09/cwt	209.00–219.00	3,369	25
Bulls	—	—	2,010	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,935	1
Heifers	Standard	—	1,145	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,004	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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