Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*18 head of replacement heifers weighing 873 bring $2150 per head*

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.64/cwt on 134 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −132.33 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$357.64

134 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$696

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

$131.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.18

vs WV average

+3.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	381.05	2,146	40
Large 1	561	357.92	2,007	6thin
Medium and Large 2	561	350.64	1,966	20
Medium 1	561	349.56	1,961	35
Medium and Large 3	538	345.00	1,856	2thin
Medium and Large 1	565	344.90	1,949	30
Small 1-2	580	250.00	1,450	1thin

One grade step is worth $131.05/cwt here — about $696 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 sale134 hd

357.64

—

WV average5 barns · 182 hd

350.46

+7.18

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+3.34

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−132.33

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

108 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	250–300	260	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	1
Steers	Large 1	550–600	572	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,031	5
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	492	385.59/cwt	370.00–398.00	1,897	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,087	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	344.90/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,949	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,278	4
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	483	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,763	5
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	425	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,817	26
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	568	349.02/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,982	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	280.88/cwt	263.00–302.50	2,166	44
Steers	Small 1-2	550–600	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	1
Steers	Small 1-2	650–700	663	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	254.12/cwt	251.00–257.00	2,229	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	353.05/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,351	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	352.78/cwt	352.00–355.00	2,215	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,126	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	326.75/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,362	31
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	380	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,492	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	377.51/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,820	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,152	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,044	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,084	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,887	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	859	243.96/cwt	240.00–245.00	2,096	5
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	333	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,415	4
Steers	Medium 1	1050–1100	1,055	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,427	2
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	729	275.57/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,009	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	540	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,160	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	734	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,393	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	681	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,230	7
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	519	352.80/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,831	5
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	646	333.95/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,157	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	700–750	735	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,223	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	556	359.83/cwt	342.50–365.00	2,001	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	400–450	403	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,612	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	600–650	623	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,869	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	367.07/cwt	335.00–397.50	1,762	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	500–550	538	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	418	421.18/cwt	410.00–423.00	1,761	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	491	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,903	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	333	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,432	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	353	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,447	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	581	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,173	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	613	357.88/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,194	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	414	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,594	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	347	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,449	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,603	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	778	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,843	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	317.54/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	858	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,982	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,529	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	256.28/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,814	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,685	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	281.62/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,583	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,197	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	266.07/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,655	32
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	446	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,115	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	750–800	763	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,660	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,923	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	239.98/cwt	238.00–242.00	2,001	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	650–700	651	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,530	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	576	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,440	8
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	566	283.90/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,607	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	904	254.47/cwt	253.00–255.00	2,300	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,574	14
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	746	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,843	18
Heifers	Medium 1	850–900	861	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,101	5
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	458	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,511	3
Steers	Large 1	850–900	890	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,092	1
Steers	Large 1	700–750	730	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,037	2
Steers	Large 1	400–450	423	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,713	3
Steers	Large 1	450–500	493	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,824	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	340.62/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,965	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	877	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,157	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	712	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,164	38
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	800–850	835	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,987	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	603	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,809	6
Steers	Large 1	600–650	633	333.18/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,109	15
Steers	Large 1	500–550	505	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	600–650	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	400–450	437	272.08/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,189	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	250–300	283	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	849	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,459	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	561	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,683	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,466	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	472	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,558	10
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	422	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,397	36
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	652	264.60/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,725	39
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	346	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,185	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	350–400	362	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,321	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,433	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	233.71/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,898	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,552	44
Heifers	Medium 1	1000–1050	1,033	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,324	2

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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