Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter bulls up to $205; Cows up to $160

Charolais Influence feeder sale October 10, 2026

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $404.89/cwt on 211 head, up $11.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −74.40 against this barn's trailing median of $479.29.

Average price

$404.89

▲ 11.31 vs prior sale

211 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,277

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$101.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.49

vs WV average

−10.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	441.00	2,205	14thin
Medium 1	570	412.96	2,353	115
Large 1	563	402.50	2,266	44
Medium and Large 1-2	555	378.00	2,098	6thin
Medium and Large 2	561	372.50	2,090	28
Medium and Large 3	581	340.00	1,975	4thin

One grade step is worth $101.00/cwt here — about $230 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

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.30, low $393.58, median $479.29 across 6 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 sale211 hd

404.89

—

WV average4 barns · 332 hd

394.40

+10.49

National average179 barns · 17,467 hd

414.98

−10.09

This barn, trailing median6 sales

479.29

−74.40

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

71 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Special Graded Sale - 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
Steers	Medium 2	250–300	290	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,233	1
Bulls	Medium 2	250–300	270	427.22/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,153	2
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	715	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,360	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	661	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,115	55
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	815	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,364	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	352	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,390	9
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	610	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,288	1
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	505	395.25/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,996	2
Steers	Medium 4	450–500	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	1
Steers	Medium 4	250–300	290	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,015	1
Steers	Medium 3	300–350	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,589	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,728	4
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	492	422.85/cwt	325.00–425.00	2,080	63
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	569	413.11/cwt	395.00–416.00	2,351	103
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	655	369.03/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,417	93
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	581	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	764	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,521	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,775	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,987	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,878	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,450	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	641	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	815	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,841	23
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	669	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,372	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	466.61/cwt	355.00–476.00	2,020	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	468.30/cwt	350.00–480.00	1,705	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	413.16/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,033	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	738	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,122	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,938	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,777	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,090	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	2,367	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	396.82/cwt	310.00–400.00	1,643	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,419	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	297.09/cwt	290.00–308.00	2,745	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	978	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,098	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,339	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,309	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,038	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,205	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,083	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,964	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	358.06/cwt	332.50–375.00	1,862	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,299	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,568	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	378	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,229	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	345	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,833	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,019	10
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	435	442.35/cwt	325.00–472.50	1,924	5
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	550–600	591	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,453	10
Steers	Large 1	750–800	760	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,280	1
Steers	Large 1	550–600	563	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,266	44
Steers	Large 1	650–700	657	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,470	46
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	3

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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