Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $235.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −197.05 against this barn's trailing median of $432.05.

Average price

$235.00

2 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,269

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$733

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$140.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−85.51

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	535	305.00	1,632	1thin
Medium and Large 4	545	165.00	899	1thin

One grade step is worth $140.00/cwt here — about $733 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 sale2 hd

235.00

—

WV average4 barns · 29 hd

320.51

−85.51

This barn, trailing median1 sales

432.05

−197.05

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	1,348	133.26	1,797	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,354	131.90	1,786	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,255	99.50	1,249	2thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	300–350	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,242	1
Bulls	—	—	1,308	132.83/cwt	100.00–156.00	1,737	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,325	134.20/cwt	122.00–146.00	1,778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	800–850	840	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	545	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	600–650	615	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	700–750	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	950–1000	960	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,296	1
Bulls	—	—	1,510	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,039	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,058	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,265	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,442	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,800	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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