Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*80 head of GAP Board cattle included in report

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.46/cwt on 542 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −77.52 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$412.46

542 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,298

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$597

per head · Medium 1 over Large 2

$111.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.11

vs WV average

−33.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	554	421.28	2,333	266
Medium and Large 1-2	543	416.67	2,264	6thin
Large 1	568	412.75	2,345	85
Medium and Large 2	553	402.66	2,226	134
Medium and Large 1	577	401.58	2,319	38
Medium and Large 3	541	370.00	2,002	11thin
Large 2	560	310.00	1,736	2thin

One grade step is worth $111.28/cwt here — about $597 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 sale542 hd

412.46

—

WV average5 barns · 793 hd

399.35

+13.11

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−33.39

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−77.52

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

98 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,278	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	383.03/cwt	360.00–392.50	2,386	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,460	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,925	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	437.09/cwt	370.00–450.00	1,604	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,790	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,509	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	474.29/cwt	390.00–505.00	1,731	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,613	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	442.94/cwt	330.00–470.00	2,108	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	422.62/cwt	340.00–427.50	2,231	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	343.47/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,676	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,267	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	656	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,558	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	371.38/cwt	362.50–381.00	2,447	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,163	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	383.28/cwt	312.00–387.00	2,212	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	384.78/cwt	310.00–390.00	1,620	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	847	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	359.56/cwt	270.00–365.00	2,319	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	474.53/cwt	350.00–495.00	2,031	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,487	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	377.55/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,627	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	338.73/cwt	225.00–375.00	1,585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,827	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,642	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,258	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,292	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,454	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	650–700	654	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,635	10
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	363	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,525	4
Steers	Small 1-2	400–450	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	444	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,221	8
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	453	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,676	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,117	5
Steers	Small 1-2	650–700	691	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,194	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	554	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,551	5
Steers	Large 1	550–600	585	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,369	59
Steers	Large 1	750–800	753	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,613	31
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	569	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,280	4
Steers	Large 1	600–650	638	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,978	4
Steers	Large 1	800–850	820	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,706	1
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	629	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,793	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	5
Steers	Large 1	650–700	656	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,467	78
Steers	Large 1	500–550	530	430.35/cwt	345.00–437.50	2,281	26
Steers	Large 1	450–500	484	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,260	9
Steers	Large 2	550–600	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	2
Steers	Large 2	600–650	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	529	346.87/cwt	310.00–348.00	1,835	32
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	568	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,977	22
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	359	384.60/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,381	11
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	530	436.72/cwt	395.00–442.50	2,315	139
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	513	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,283	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	520	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,794	6
Steers	Medium 1	1050–1100	1,060	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,915	2
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	580	404.39/cwt	403.00–405.00	2,345	127
Steers	Medium 1	800–850	820	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,665	1
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	655	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,620	114
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	493	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,844	100
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	650	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,158	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,760	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,190	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1GAP Certified	650–700	650	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,808	80
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	476	482.38/cwt	420.00–485.00	2,296	71
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	751	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,629	36
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	418	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,111	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	453.42/cwt	350.00–462.50	2,145	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	309.42/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,594	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,146	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,485	33
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	763	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	671	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,483	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	749	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,367	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,015	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,610	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,107	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	266.73/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,768	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	903	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	875	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,536	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,359	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,569	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,982	90
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,002	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	835	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	612	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,377	3

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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