Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

70 head of board Cattle included in report

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.80/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −143.18 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$346.80

50 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,975

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$581

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

$87.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.93

vs WV average

−22.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	362.50	2,066	12thin
Medium and Large 2	564	353.75	1,996	16thin
Medium 1	562	340.00	1,911	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	592	332.50	1,968	9thin
Medium and Large 3	563	322.50	1,816	1thin
Small 1-2	540	275.00	1,485	1thin

One grade step is worth $87.50/cwt here — about $581 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 sale50 hd

346.80

—

WV average5 barns · 93 hd

344.87

+1.93

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−22.21

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−143.18

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

80 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	900–950	935	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,179	2
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	562	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,911	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	403.78/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,942	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,414	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,066	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,415	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	309.68/cwt	260.00–337.50	2,115	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,049	10
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	419	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,760	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,968	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,171	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	690	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	248.29/cwt	245.00–249.00	2,277	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	433	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,862	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	750–800	792	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,154	6
Steers	Medium 1	950–1000	985	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,334	1
Steers	Small 2	400–450	410	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,066	1
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	676	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,096	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	424	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	800–850	831	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,078	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	550–600	563	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,816	1
Steers	Medium 1	800–850	845	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,028	6
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	758	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,978	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	485	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,819	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	720	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,221	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	950–1000	985	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,463	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	865	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,284	48
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	450–500	482	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,832	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	639	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,109	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	564	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,030	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	769	293.31/cwt	286.00–301.00	2,256	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,085	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,074	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	866	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,000	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,645	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,720	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,652	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,312	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	490	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,593	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,331	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,720	4
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	349	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,166	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,376	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	385	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,742	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,627	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,773	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	734	248.31/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,823	22
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	634	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	251.64/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,583	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	600–650	620	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	992	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	569	298.99/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,701	10
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	653	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,789	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	247.50/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,705	18
Heifers	Small 1-2	600–650	634	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,268	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	559	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,705	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	850–900	878	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	862	1
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	745	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,758	6
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	433	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,386	10
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	492	413.93/cwt	412.50–415.00	2,037	26
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	641	326.76/cwt	315.00–332.50	2,095	15
Steers	Small 1-2	300–350	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,953	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	780	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,833	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	620	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium 3	350–400	390	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	956	1
Steers	Small 1-2	500–550	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	1
Steers	Large 2	750–800	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	1

How this sale compares

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