Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.09/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −86.25 against this barn's trailing median of $395.34.

Average price

$309.09

11 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$509

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

$87.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.92

vs WV average

−54.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	317.00	1,797	10thin
Medium and Large 2	560	230.00	1,288	1thin

One grade step is worth $87.00/cwt here — about $509 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 sale11 hd

309.09

—

WV average3 barns · 48 hd

314.01

−4.92

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−54.87

This barn, trailing median5 sales

395.34

−86.25

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	1,985	145.00	2,878	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,562	126.43	1,975	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	983	57.00	560	2thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	500–550	510	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,250	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	189	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,990	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,468	1
Bulls	—	—	1,985	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,100	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	304.76/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,280	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,797	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,081	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	311.04/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,428	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	987	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,133	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	811	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	990	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,491	126.83/cwt	106.00–143.00	1,891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	880	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,452	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	767	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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