Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Fat Cattle Results included*

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.95/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −71.99 against this barn's trailing median of $453.94.

Average price

$381.95

41 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$656

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

$125.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.88

vs WV average

+3.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	385.00	2,125	40
Medium and Large 2	565	260.00	1,469	1thin

One grade step is worth $125.00/cwt here — about $656 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 sale41 hd

381.95

—

WV average3 barns · 75 hd

365.08

+16.88

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+3.37

This barn, trailing median2 sales

453.94

−71.99

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	1,963	172.75	3,392	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,562	157.25	2,457	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,411	147.18	2,077	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,244	124.32	1,546	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,310	222.13	2,910	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	226.14	3,290	42
Steers	Select	Average	1,225	215.00	2,634	1thin

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	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,125	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,132	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,822	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,413	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%Natural	—	1,695	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	3,000	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%Natural	—	1,563	158.49/cwt	149.00–167.00	2,477	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,455	226.14/cwt	221.00–237.00	3,290	42
Heifers	Choice	—	1,310	222.13/cwt	210.00–228.00	2,910	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	714	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,308	123.36/cwt	114.00–132.00	1,614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	397.46/cwt	350.00–415.00	1,876	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,292	1
Bulls	—	—	2,090	170.34/cwt	165.00–176.00	3,560	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,805	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,591	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,494	142.41/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,128	2
Steers	Select	—	1,225	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,634	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,473	142.71/cwt	126.00–165.00	2,102	4
Bulls	—	—	1,560	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,293	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,358	148.02/cwt	133.00–163.00	2,010	12
Bulls	—	—	1,975	189.23/cwt	183.00–195.00	3,737	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,262	133.52/cwt	120.00–144.00	1,685	6

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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