Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-21

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $271.69/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −218.29 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$271.69

74 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$24.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.52

vs WV average

+5.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	546	278.28	1,519	43
Large 1	549	271.60	1,492	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	562	270.00	1,517	6thin
Medium and Large 2	558	253.53	1,415	15thin

One grade step is worth $24.75/cwt here — about $104 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 sale74 hd

271.69

—

WV average8 barns · 477 hd

248.17

+23.52

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+5.05

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−218.29

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

49 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 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,188	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,365	6
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	825	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,823	2
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	753	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,400	15
Heifers	Small 1-2	300–350	330	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,619	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,436	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	235.58/cwt	234.00–238.00	2,035	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,273	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	271.97/cwt	251.00–275.00	1,822	38
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,407	4
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	583	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,481	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	966	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,951	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	242.13/cwt	239.00–249.00	1,981	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,517	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	261.69/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,649	21
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	285.05/cwt	262.50–290.00	1,354	11
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	528	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,531	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,647	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,394	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	239.66/cwt	237.00–251.00	1,826	29
Steers	Large 1	450–500	488	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,330	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,091	7
Steers	Large 1	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	255.47/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,898	20
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	477	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,441	31
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	412	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,290	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,168	5
Steers	Small 1-2	200–250	245	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,208	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,062	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	8
Steers	Large 1	500–550	535	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,514	7
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	560	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,338	25
Steers	Large 1	550–600	583	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	230.00/cwt	222.00–231.00	1,891	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	234.50/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,820	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,327	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	235.90/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,703	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,481	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,354	5
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	638	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,480	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,250	5
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	488	254.91/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,244	27
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	426	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,091	12

How this sale compares

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