Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

GAP certified Cattle listed are Board cattle

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $269.57/cwt on 419 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −220.40 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$269.57

419 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$50.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

vs WV average

−24.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	538	275.25	1,481	102
Medium 1	563	270.97	1,526	213
Medium and Large 1-2	568	268.62	1,525	17thin
Medium and Large 1	563	267.00	1,503	8thin
Medium and Large 2	571	263.36	1,504	61
Small 1-2	543	260.00	1,412	3thin
Large 1-2	556	248.00	1,379	8thin
Medium and Large 3	553	235.00	1,300	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	225.00	1,249	2thin

One grade step is worth $50.25/cwt here — about $232 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale419 hd

269.57

—

WV average5 barns · 545 hd

272.20

−2.63

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−24.74

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−220.40

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

82 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 1	700–750	740	242.37/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,794	48
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	354	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	920	4
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	564	270.69/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,527	210
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	650	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,680	75
Steers	Large 1	600–650	644	259.50/cwt	259.00–261.00	1,671	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,874	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,361	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,567	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,558	32
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	433	316.67/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,371	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,503	8
Steers	Small 1-2	400–450	417	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,084	12
Steers	Small 1-2	600–650	629	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,321	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,671	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	291.39/cwt	281.00–297.00	1,422	87
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	492	292.59/cwt	288.00–307.00	1,440	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,395	9
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	489	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,174	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	262.29/cwt	261.00–265.00	1,631	43
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	935	2
Steers	Small 1-2	500–550	543	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,412	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	268.20/cwt	264.00–272.50	1,494	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,249	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	577	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,552	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	269	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	263.36/cwt	245.00–268.00	1,504	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	327.15/cwt	275.00–329.00	1,201	49
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	492	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,284	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	632	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,264	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,244	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	305.67/cwt	277.50–323.00	1,308	61
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2GAP Certified	600–650	635	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,854	73
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,028	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	925	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,238	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	254.49/cwt	252.50–257.50	1,354	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	558	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,423	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	245.66/cwt	244.50–256.00	1,567	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,262	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	271.46/cwt	254.00–274.00	1,151	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,678	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	563	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,126	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	379	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	872	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,459	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	270.09/cwt	247.50–300.00	1,202	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	446	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	892	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	202.16/cwt	185.00–242.00	993	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,028	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,231	10
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	491	266.58/cwt	264.00–271.00	1,309	71
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	365	257.08/cwt	250.00–260.00	938	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	770	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	700–750	710	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	733	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,026	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,371	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,463	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,296	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,126	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	259.86/cwt	221.00–262.00	1,084	82
Steers	Large 1	700–750	732	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,771	13
Steers	Large 1	400–450	429	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,343	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	247.84/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,217	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	230.14/cwt	210.00–250.00	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,965	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,251	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,395	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	812	17
Steers	Large 1	550–600	567	268.58/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,523	55
Steers	Large 1	500–550	504	283.06/cwt	252.50–308.00	1,427	47
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	556	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,379	8
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	641	260.34/cwt	258.50–266.00	1,669	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	907	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,412	4
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	509	290.91/cwt	287.50–297.50	1,481	3

How this sale compares

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