Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $299.99/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −95.35 against this barn's trailing median of $395.34.

Average price

$299.99

6 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$12.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−45.48

vs WV average

−65.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	535	310.00	1,659	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	522	297.99	1,556	5thin

One grade step is worth $12.01/cwt here — about $103 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.

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 sale6 hd

299.99

—

WV average6 barns · 228 hd

345.47

−45.48

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−65.86

This barn, trailing median5 sales

395.34

−95.35

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	1,615	160.00	2,584	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,835	140.00	2,569	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,423	121.20	1,724	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,178	101.09	1,190	16

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	995	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,450	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,001	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,450	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,711	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	425	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,835	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,569	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,140	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	980	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,210	114.45/cwt	107.00–120.00	1,385	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,728	2
Steers	Small 1-2	400–450	410	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	114.39/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,596	2
Bulls	—	—	1,615	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,584	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,306	115.70/cwt	105.00–132.00	1,511	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	995	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	297.99/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,556	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	327.43/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,532	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	63.56/cwt	53.00–71.00	678	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	975	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,414	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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