Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 28lb feeder cattle deleted

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $262.52/cwt on 254 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −227.46 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$262.52

254 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,455

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$12.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.87

vs WV average

−24.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	271.00	1,547	10thin
Large 1	534	267.25	1,428	64
Medium 1	562	260.93	1,468	134
Medium and Large 1-2	523	260.89	1,364	7thin
Medium and Large 2	561	258.30	1,448	39

One grade step is worth $12.70/cwt here — about $99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale254 hd

262.52

—

WV average5 barns · 401 hd

259.65

+2.87

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−24.31

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−227.46

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

70 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	700–750	735	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,771	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	650–700	655	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,179	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	741	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,771	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	247.27/cwt	225.00–250.00	856	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,004	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	344	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	774	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,172	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	318.37/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,127	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,309	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	250.63/cwt	190.00–253.50	1,216	66
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,081	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	850	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,318	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,295	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	294.85/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,244	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	278.92/cwt	215.00–293.00	1,356	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	258.75/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,457	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	260.89/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,364	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	218.75/cwt	202.50–221.00	1,584	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,660	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,391	93
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	823	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	279	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	497	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,297	10
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	493	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,410	127
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	563	260.93/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,469	131
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	636	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,641	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,909	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,547	10
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	424	303.80/cwt	303.00–320.00	1,288	63
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	538	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,404	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	423	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,121	75
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	347	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,119	11
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	510	203.86/cwt	190.00–230.00	1,040	6
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	688	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,644	4
Steers	Large 1	500–550	500	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,380	29
Steers	Large 1	550–600	563	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,464	35
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	637	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,529	43
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	728	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,689	2
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	354	249.16/cwt	235.00–250.00	882	20
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	489	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,240	139
Bulls	Large 1	500–550	500	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	540	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,301	2
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	653	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,567	4
Steers	Large 1	700–750	722	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,668	1
Steers	Large 1	400–450	422	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,234	4
Steers	Large 1	600–650	638	255.67/cwt	253.00–256.00	1,631	27
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	373	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	821	3
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	485	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,079	3
Steers	Small 1-2	400–450	422	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,023	6
Steers	Small 1-2	600–650	634	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,224	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,063	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	624	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	698	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,689	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,417	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	500–550	525	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	893	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	458	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	813	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	250.51/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,152	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	620	232.55/cwt	200.00–242.00	1,442	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	662	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,615	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,170	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,293	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	896	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,415	17

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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