Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-19

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $269.65/cwt on 218 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −220.32 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$269.65

218 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$17.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.74

vs WV average

−29.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	563	271.42	1,528	142
Large 1	549	270.83	1,487	53
Medium and Large 1	546	265.00	1,447	4thin
Medium and Large 2	547	254.16	1,390	19thin

One grade step is worth $17.26/cwt here — about $138 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 sale218 hd

269.65

—

WV average3 barns · 260 hd

266.91

+2.74

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−29.68

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−220.32

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

55 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	350–400	381	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,185	21
Steers	Large 1	600–650	635	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,651	13
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	497	292.11/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,452	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,698	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,447	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	493	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,208	4
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	563	271.42/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,528	142
Steers	Small 1-2	400–450	413	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,012	2
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	432	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,331	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,281	17
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	333	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,052	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	268.39/cwt	207.00–276.00	1,304	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,368	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,111	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	643	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,286	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,354	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	403	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,028	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,423	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,117	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,268	4
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	571	243.97/cwt	223.00–251.00	1,393	8
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	645	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,477	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,025	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,147	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,289	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,060	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	233.86/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,218	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,257	101
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	422	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,072	57
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	349	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	852	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	966	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	438	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	880	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,529	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	245.29/cwt	204.00–250.00	1,025	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	8
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	490	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,250	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	845	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,411	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,203	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	229.04/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,285	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	886	11
Steers	Large 1	550–600	561	266.39/cwt	266.00–268.00	1,494	41
Heifers	Small 1-2	650–700	685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,233	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	822	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	339	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	678	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,047	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,284	6
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	654	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,635	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	500–550	529	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	952	4
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,404	6
Steers	Large 1	500–550	508	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,453	12
Steers	Large 1	650–700	673	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,683	5

How this sale compares

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