Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.78/cwt on 171 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −190.20 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$299.78

171 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

per head · Medium 1 over Small 1-2

$58.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.06

vs WV average

−5.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	558	321.00	1,791	34
Medium and Large 1	565	300.00	1,695	23
Medium and Large 2	564	300.00	1,692	38
Large 1	531	297.50	1,579	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	573	296.18	1,697	49
Medium and Large 3	567	275.75	1,565	10thin
Small 1-2	568	262.50	1,491	8thin

One grade step is worth $58.50/cwt here — about $300 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

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.30, low $474.31, median $489.98 across 4 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 sale171 hd

299.78

—

WV average6 barns · 298 hd

288.72

+11.06

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−5.69

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−190.20

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

91 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 and Large 2	650–700	658	266.31/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,752	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	227.08/cwt	185.00–230.00	1,449	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	218.51/cwt	215.00–233.00	1,835	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	208.61/cwt	206.00–214.00	1,911	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	250.51/cwt	208.00–285.00	1,826	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,383	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,530	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	261.62/cwt	242.00–270.00	2,009	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	225.62/cwt	210.00–229.00	1,954	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	307.68/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,938	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	280.74/cwt	261.00–310.00	1,878	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	237.14/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,577	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,012	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,014	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	216.35/cwt	215.00–231.00	1,400	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	257.23/cwt	253.00–262.00	1,389	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	260.69/cwt	257.00–263.00	1,189	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	232.13/cwt	215.00–236.00	1,648	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	211.09/cwt	205.00–224.00	1,623	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	948	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	252.98/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,460	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	974	186.33/cwt	185.00–191.00	1,815	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	297.74/cwt	292.00–312.50	1,721	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,367	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	967	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	229.19/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,460	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,864	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,132	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,749	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,420	7
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	463	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,134	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	455	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	830	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	550	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,100	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	600–650	628	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,130	4
Steers	Small 1-2	650–700	670	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,591	4
Steers	Small 1-2	550–600	568	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,491	8
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	512	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	998	3
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	492	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,587	19
Steers	Large 2	650–700	657	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,675	5
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	762	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,760	3
Steers	Large 1	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	6
Steers	Large 1	550–600	582	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,702	3
Steers	Large 1	750–800	765	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,760	3
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	650	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,885	42
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	748	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,511	19
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	655	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,507	8
Heifers	Medium 1	850–900	872	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,748	10
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	558	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,791	34
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	413	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,332	16
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	7
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	489	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,281	11
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	331	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	828	8
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	563	248.26/cwt	238.00–249.00	1,398	31
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	751	236.43/cwt	235.00–253.00	1,776	38
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	438	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,106	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,513	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,105	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,282	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,539	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	888	42
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	571	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,585	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	300.00/cwt	282.00–301.00	1,692	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	999	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	319.10/cwt	275.00–327.50	1,548	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	838	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,693	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,257	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,252	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	264.09/cwt	254.00–280.00	1,231	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,508	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	875	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	260.83/cwt	230.00–262.00	1,090	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	761	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,613	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,238	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,337	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	248.61/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,584	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,823	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	622	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	287.84/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,068	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,312	4

How this sale compares

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