Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Bottle Calves $650-$750

Weight class

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb bulls averaged $350.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −98.52 against this barn's trailing median of $448.52.

Average price

$350.00

1 head · 440 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.15

vs WV average

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	440	350.00	1,540	1thin

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

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

350.00

—

WV average3 barns · 28 hd

348.85

+1.15

This barn, trailing median1 sales

448.52

−98.52

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	1,225	151.00	1,850	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	150.60	1,930	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	141.00	2,200	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	115.15	1,273	4thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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 2	250–300	270	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,094	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	740	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	642	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,656	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,300	150.96/cwt	145.00–163.00	1,962	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,150	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,898	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,200	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,117	133.53/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,492	3
Bulls	—	—	1,225	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,850	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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