Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-26

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $292.42/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −197.55 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$292.42

89 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$35.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.27

vs WV average

−6.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	546	300.91	1,643	65
Large 1	566	275.00	1,557	9thin
Medium and Large 3	518	270.00	1,399	2thin
Medium and Large 2	564	265.48	1,497	13thin

One grade step is worth $35.43/cwt here — about $146 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 sale89 hd

292.42

—

WV average4 barns · 168 hd

277.15

+15.27

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−6.62

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−197.55

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

46 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	280.02/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,196	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,027	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,132	2
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	435	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	979	1
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	565	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,441	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	677	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	299.16/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,301	7
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	425	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,296	1
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	671	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,765	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,705	2
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	504	306.78/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,546	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	248	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,417	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	302	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	876	3
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	397	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	266.82/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,521	10
Steers	Large 1	700–750	735	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,178	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,515	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,172	11
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	363	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,143	363
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	645	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,696	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	974	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	821	2
Steers	Large 1	450–500	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	6
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	566	298.11/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,687	44
Steers	Large 1	600–650	646	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,693	10
Steers	Large 1	400–450	400	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	546	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,392	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	413	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,781	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	246.19/cwt	235.00–250.00	874	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,057	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,208	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,325	13
Steers	Large 1	550–600	566	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,557	9
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	638	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,633	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,467	66
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	338	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	837	2
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	418	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,196	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	241.14/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,018	20

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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