Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −152.84 against this barn's trailing median of $395.34.

Average price

$242.50

2 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,322

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$391

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

$85.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−99.32

vs WV average

−148.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	285.00	1,511	1thin
Small 1-2	560	200.00	1,120	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.00/cwt here — about $391 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale2 hd

242.50

—

WV average5 barns · 149 hd

341.82

−99.32

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−148.32

This barn, trailing median5 sales

395.34

−152.84

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	1,805	128.00	2,310	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,576	151.23	2,384	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,181	90.48	1,069	13

Every lot, as filed

18 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	400–450	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	928	1
Bulls	Small 2	750–800	795	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	50–100	69	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,019	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	61.78/cwt	40.00–80.00	649	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	750	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	75	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,315	97.22/cwt	90.00–108.00	1,278	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,603	177.52/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,846	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,239	118.40/cwt	110.00–127.00	1,467	5
Bulls	—	—	1,805	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,310	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,545	138.25/cwt	128.00–150.00	2,136	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	312.37/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,588	151.12/cwt	132.00–170.00	2,400	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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