Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.50/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −57.92 against this barn's trailing median of $390.42.

Average price

$332.50

18 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$12.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.59

vs WV average

−42.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	559	337.50	1,887	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	566	330.00	1,868	7thin
Medium and Large 2	572	325.00	1,859	3thin

One grade step is worth $12.50/cwt here — about $28 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

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 sale18 hd

332.50

—

WV average6 barns · 58 hd

305.91

+26.59

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−42.39

This barn, trailing median4 sales

390.42

−57.92

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

31 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 1	300–350	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	408	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,387	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	488	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,635	6
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	634	634.00/cwt	634.00–634.00	4,020	7
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	559	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,887	8
Steers	Medium 1	50–100	69	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	262	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	412	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,257	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,562	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,136	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,100	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,295	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,442	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,090	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,554	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,032	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,136	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,325	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	327.67/cwt	280.00–355.00	1,229	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,859	3
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	448	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,016	3
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	569	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,304	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,868	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	321.03/cwt	315.00–323.00	2,706	16

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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