Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $240.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$240.00

1 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−99.39

vs WV average

−112.74 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	625	240.00	1,500	1thin

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

240.00

—

WV average4 barns · 22 hd

339.39

−99.39

National average181 barns · 9,734 hd

352.74

−112.74

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	1,970	166.70	3,284	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,489	140.98	2,099	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,113	70.50	784	2thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	412	1
Bulls	—	—	1,970	166.70/cwt	162.00–172.00	3,284	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	143.11/cwt	135.00–147.00	2,054	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,590	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,306	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,195	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,207	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	334.77/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,418	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,599	151.04/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,415	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,005	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	724	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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