Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cows Boners range from $120-165 with natural cows included, Lean cows range from $50 - $130 with low dress and naturals included

High dress bull weigh 2030 brought $180

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $288.82/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −101.59 against this barn's trailing median of $390.42.

Average price

$288.82

17 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$397

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 3

$72.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.74

vs WV average

−41.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	563	302.50	1,703	8thin
Medium and Large 2	547	293.33	1,604	6thin
Small 1-2	525	270.00	1,418	1thin
Medium and Large 3	568	230.00	1,306	2thin

One grade step is worth $72.50/cwt here — about $397 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

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 sale17 hd

288.82

—

WV average5 barns · 172 hd

294.56

−5.74

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−41.13

This barn, trailing median4 sales

390.42

−101.59

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

54 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	650–700	691	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,384	2
Steers	Medium 1	1050–1100	1,050	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,205	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	416	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,394	9
Steers	Large 1	600–650	630	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,315	5
Steers	Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	1
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	400–450	420	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	500–550	545	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,017	1
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	450–500	473	385.08/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,821	2
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	433	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,667	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	370	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	999	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	500–550	525	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	650–700	652	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	750–800	780	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,108	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,943	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	493	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,456	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	495	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	450–500	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	563	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,703	8
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	625	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,219	1
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	430	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,763	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,565	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,981	12
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	4
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	571	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,127	4
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	649	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,866	5
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	378	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,378	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	563	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,956	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	568	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,047	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	636	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,244	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,374	2

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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