Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.02/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −151.95 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$338.02

41 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$37.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.32

vs WV average

−3.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	340.00	1,882	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	568	338.76	1,924	21
Medium and Large 2	585	322.50	1,887	1thin
Small 1-2	525	302.50	1,588	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about $294 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 sale41 hd

338.02

—

WV average2 barns · 143 hd

323.71

+14.32

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−3.19

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−151.95

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

36 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	500–550	520	277.50/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,443	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	225.53/cwt	202.00–235.00	1,635	7
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	793	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,792	2
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	676	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,555	4
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	422	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,224	7
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	497	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,317	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,162	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	335.17/cwt	305.00–360.00	1,398	5
Steers	Small 1-2	500–550	525	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,147	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,882	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,961	11
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	755	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,057	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,860	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	364.23/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,730	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	311.70/cwt	295.00–332.50	1,951	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	292.76/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,087	33
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	233.88/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,824	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,071	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	664	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,175	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	991	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,205	18
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	440	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,742	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	267.50/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,613	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	273.10/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,554	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	282.89/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,386	7

How this sale compares

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