Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Majority of the offering were weaned cattle; 58 head of value added cattle were Board Sale Cattle

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $308.34/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −181.63 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$308.34

116 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$547

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

$103.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.31

vs WV average

−16.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	313.02	1,729	107
Medium and Large 2	541	287.00	1,554	5thin
Small 1-2	563	210.00	1,182	4thin

One grade step is worth $103.02/cwt here — about $547 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale116 hd

308.34

—

WV average3 barns · 197 hd

304.03

+4.31

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−16.01

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−181.63

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

42 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	470	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,363	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,277	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,270	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,422	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,036	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	316.94/cwt	301.00–326.00	1,683	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	296.73/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,887	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,459	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,358	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	850	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,142	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,734	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	336.96/cwt	322.50–342.50	1,486	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	338.07/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,636	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	308.71/cwt	280.00–312.00	1,778	51
Steers	Small 1-2	550–600	563	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,182	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	377.51/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,382	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	263.04/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,284	12
Steers	Small 1	450–500	495	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,563	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	289	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	997	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	259.28/cwt	240.00–272.50	1,239	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,683	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,155	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,321	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	240.67/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,292	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,499	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	266.59/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,133	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	254.32/cwt	245.00–261.00	1,432	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,241	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	252.26/cwt	200.00–268.00	1,334	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	292.94/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,081	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,514	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	481	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	962	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	360	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	810	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	500–550	530	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	304	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	889	15

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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