Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −177.01 against this barn's trailing median of $395.34.

Average price

$218.33

3 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,194

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−107.37

vs WV average

−156.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	235.00	1,234	1thin
Medium and Large 2	525	210.00	1,103	1thin
Medium 2	590	210.00	1,239	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale3 hd

218.33

—

WV average5 barns · 127 hd

325.71

−107.37

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−156.56

This barn, trailing median5 sales

395.34

−177.01

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	1,663	150.20	2,498	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,477	121.89	1,800	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,100	62.00	682	3thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	1000–1050	1,035	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	525	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Small 2	300–350	315	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	898	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,025	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	461	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,570	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,397	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	674	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,170	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	936	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,630	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,201	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,353	131.77/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,783	2
Bulls	—	—	1,663	150.20/cwt	131.00–161.00	2,498	3
Bulls	Small 2	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Small 2	500–550	530	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	848	1
Heifers	Small 2	700–750	725	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Small 2	850–900	875	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,356	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	590	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,239	1
Heifers	Small 3	400–450	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	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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