Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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*Nannies with Kids at side from $275-$385*

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $365.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 3 of 5 comparable sales and sits −29.41 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$365.00

4 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−42.03

vs WV average

−58.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	563	370.00	2,083	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	550	360.00	1,980	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $103 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 $354.66, median $394.41 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 sale4 hd

365.00

—

WV average3 barns · 41 hd

407.03

−42.03

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

−58.95

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−29.41

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	1,960	188.43	3,693	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,437	158.23	2,274	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,196	134.80	1,612	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,549	240.00	3,718	9thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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%Return to Feed	—	840	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,638	1
Steers	Choice and PrimeMuddy	—	1,500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	3,600	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,220	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,111	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Non-Traditional	—	1,340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,412	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	126.02/cwt	81.00–150.00	1,510	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Small 2	350–400	355	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,901	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,594	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	417.37/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,795	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,501	3
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	498	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,917	2
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	563	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,083	2
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	513	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,247	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	1
Steers	Large 1	600–650	630	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,331	1
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	605	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,496	2
Bulls	—	—	1,960	188.43/cwt	176.00–200.00	3,693	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,328	137.96/cwt	121.00–150.00	1,832	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,520	151.79/cwt	137.00–166.00	2,307	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,611	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	3,866	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,443	157.28/cwt	145.00–180.00	2,270	25

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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