Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-02

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $278.90/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −211.07 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$278.90

41 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$12.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.00

vs WV average

−21.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	283.00	1,593	20
Medium and Large 1-2	583	278.00	1,621	12thin
Medium and Large 2	559	271.00	1,515	9thin

One grade step is worth $12.00/cwt here — about $78 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 sale41 hd

278.90

—

WV average4 barns · 89 hd

263.90

+15.00

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−21.79

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−211.07

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

33 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	450–500	485	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,494	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,206	4
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	340	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	375	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	727	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,665	3
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	478	248.05/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,186	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	291.54/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,434	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,515	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,645	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,593	20
Steers	Medium 1	850–900	850	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,044	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,813	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,610	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,397	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,621	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	237.03/cwt	210.00–242.00	1,915	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	995	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,206	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	308.53/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,299	5
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	378	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	888	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,799	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,161	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	418	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,402	2
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	644	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,604	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,060	10
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	3

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →