Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-18

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $423.26/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −66.72 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$423.26

202 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,380

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 3

$56.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.44

vs WV average

−45.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	560	431.83	2,417	111
Large 1	574	420.59	2,412	34
Medium and Large 1-2	544	418.33	2,274	3thin
Medium and Large 2	555	413.79	2,298	39
Medium and Large 1	580	393.97	2,285	13thin
Medium and Large 3	568	375.00	2,130	2thin

One grade step is worth $56.83/cwt here — about $287 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

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 sale202 hd

423.26

—

WV average3 barns · 245 hd

410.81

+12.44

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−45.78

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−66.72

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

72 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	500–550	526	437.45/cwt	355.00–445.00	2,301	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	476.69/cwt	430.00–485.00	2,288	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,227	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	341.93/cwt	280.00–350.00	1,443	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,985	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,060	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	395.51/cwt	355.00–400.00	2,286	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	369.92/cwt	362.50–385.00	2,441	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,623	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,271	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	307.05/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,561	12
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	483	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,198	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	357.03/cwt	250.00–375.00	2,442	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	345.88/cwt	300.00–370.00	1,992	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	394.67/cwt	365.00–425.00	1,796	2
Steers	Small 1-2	700–750	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Steers	Small 1-2	650–700	653	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,286	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	800–850	815	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,915	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	650–700	660	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	470	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,434	3
Steers	Large 1	650–700	654	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,551	14
Steers	Large 1	500–550	536	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,412	9
Steers	Large 1	450–500	479	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,323	8
Steers	Large 1	750–800	765	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,601	3
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,754	1
Steers	Large 1	900–950	940	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,350	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	489	387.17/cwt	350.00–391.00	1,893	74
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	583	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,419	67
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	474	502.01/cwt	455.00–515.00	2,380	48
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	659	397.98/cwt	355.00–400.00	2,623	46
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	370	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,406	2
Steers	Large 1	550–600	587	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,407	25
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	642	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,151	34
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	428	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,605	28
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	738	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,362	4
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	524	457.46/cwt	405.00–460.00	2,397	44
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	747	339.48/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,536	29
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	825	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,269	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	416.91/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,843	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	393.97/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,285	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,606	2
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	416	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,122	8
Steers	Medium 1	850–900	864	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,246	5
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	561	362.18/cwt	335.00–364.00	2,032	66
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,019	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,164	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	985	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,812	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	637	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	366.94/cwt	280.00–375.00	1,791	36
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,472	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,101	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	422.11/cwt	310.00–480.00	1,570	3

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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