Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-04

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $409.02/cwt on 315 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −80.95 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$409.02

315 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$776

per head · Medium 1 over Large 2

$109.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.34

vs WV average

−13.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	561	419.92	2,357	192
Large 1	569	406.68	2,316	61
Medium and Large 2	567	390.92	2,215	46
Medium and Large 1-2	568	375.00	2,130	3thin
Small 1-2	553	337.50	1,866	7thin
Medium and Large 3	560	330.00	1,848	4thin
Large 2	510	310.00	1,581	2thin

One grade step is worth $109.92/cwt here — about $776 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale315 hd

409.02

—

WV average6 barns · 479 hd

395.69

+13.34

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−13.63

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−80.95

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

85 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,897	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,289	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	455.01/cwt	420.00–463.00	1,661	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,183	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	323.21/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,816	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	457.54/cwt	385.00–460.00	2,201	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	306.27/cwt	255.00–335.00	1,908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,016	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	359.16/cwt	325.00–385.00	1,656	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	473.75/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,004	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,317	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	371.59/cwt	300.00–380.00	1,568	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,652	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	861	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,669	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,096	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	337.86/cwt	235.00–355.00	2,162	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	650–700	668	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,670	6
Steers	Small 1-2	650–700	653	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	309.97/cwt	285.00–315.00	2,021	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,091	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,823	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,788	4
Steers	Small 1-2	550–600	553	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,866	7
Steers	Small 1-2	750–800	780	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,262	2
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	462	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,663	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	700–750	717	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,721	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	561	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,332	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	431	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,034	4
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	355	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,527	2
Steers	Large 1	700–750	749	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,547	11
Steers	Large 1	650–700	663	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,453	44
Steers	Large 1	550–600	589	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,327	35
Steers	Large 1	500–550	543	422.40/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,294	26
Steers	Large 1	450–500	491	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,185	19
Steers	Large 1	800–850	815	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,241	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	365	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,533	14
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	426	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,704	44
Heifers	Medium 1	850–900	875	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,969	2
Steers	Medium 1	950–1000	958	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,778	2
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	750	338.86/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,541	22
Steers	Large 2	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	2
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	493	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,814	101
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	644	400.67/cwt	370.00–402.50	2,580	89
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	539	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,385	90
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	421	473.85/cwt	390.00–500.00	1,995	41
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	581	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,324	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	344.25/cwt	340.50–344.50	1,945	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	6
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	740	294.72/cwt	270.00–300.00	2,181	17
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	485	468.29/cwt	455.00–469.00	2,271	137
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	645	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,090	47
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	585	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	339.53/cwt	260.00–350.00	1,232	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,329	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	429.47/cwt	390.00–447.50	1,598	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,520	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,048	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	269.35/cwt	240.00–285.00	1,252	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	561	282.48/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,585	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	642	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,605	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	773	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,126	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	281.25/cwt	225.00–300.00	1,232	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	372.27/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,228	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,014	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,743	44
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	277	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,302	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,064	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	367.60/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,356	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	359.19/cwt	305.00–380.00	2,119	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	757	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,536	5

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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