Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Report for April 19, 2025*

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.66/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −100.75 against this barn's trailing median of $390.42.

Average price

$289.66

79 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$38.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.14

vs WV average

−31.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	569	308.25	1,752	12thin
Medium 1	568	295.00	1,676	33
Large 2	503	285.00	1,434	2thin
Medium and Large 3	557	285.00	1,587	7thin
Small 1-2	556	285.00	1,585	9thin
Medium and Large 2	560	269.96	1,512	16thin

One grade step is worth $38.29/cwt here — about $241 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $404.15, low $380.68, median $390.42 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 sale79 hd

289.66

—

WV average4 barns · 196 hd

302.80

−13.14

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−31.52

This barn, trailing median4 sales

390.42

−100.75

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

70 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 and Large 2	550–600	569	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,020	11
Steers	Large 1	400–450	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	644	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,254	5
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	639	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,757	20
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	430	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,441	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,874	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,888	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,313	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,496	7
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	635	349.53/cwt	332.50–360.00	2,220	34
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	567	361.34/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,049	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	372.00/cwt	325.00–400.00	1,614	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,210	17
Steers	Small 1-2	500–550	513	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	296.54/cwt	273.00–309.00	2,263	98
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,137	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	378.67/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,553	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,202	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	352.58/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,024	8
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	418	423.63/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,771	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	389.30/cwt	360.00–392.50	1,919	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,936	3
Steers	Small 1-2	650–700	658	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,040	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	355.21/cwt	354.00–357.50	2,316	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	300.73/cwt	290.00–322.50	2,126	18
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	738	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,085	5
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	650	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,275	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,628	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,908	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,483	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,830	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	316.53/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,421	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,485	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,254	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	503	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	253.18/cwt	252.50–254.00	2,076	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,282	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	373.92/cwt	325.00–397.50	1,645	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	643	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	255.01/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,951	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,400	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,034	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,556	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,229	5
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	568	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,676	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	275.42/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,716	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,781	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	723	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	269.19/cwt	250.00–287.50	1,833	93
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	470	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,422	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	556	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,585	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	269.96/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,512	16
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	492	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,560	26
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,935	22
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	348	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,853	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	9
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	504	393.84/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,985	13

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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