Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-04

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.31/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −15.67 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$474.31

60 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$930

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$128.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.29

vs WV average

−8.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	496.00	2,804	25
Large 1	580	480.00	2,784	3thin
Medium 1	580	475.00	2,755	4thin
Medium and Large 1	562	475.00	2,670	17thin
Large 2	555	440.00	2,442	1thin
Medium and Large 2	549	433.69	2,382	5thin
Medium and Large 3	532	433.33	2,305	3thin
Small 1-2	510	367.48	1,874	2thin

One grade step is worth $128.52/cwt here — about $930 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

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 sale60 hd

474.31

—

WV average3 barns · 89 hd

469.02

+5.29

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−8.87

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−15.67

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

75 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	Large 1	550–600	580	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,784	3
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	580	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,755	4
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	345	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	304.98/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,670	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,264	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,726	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,377	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	472.82/cwt	430.00–495.00	2,657	3
Steers	Large 2	550–600	555	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	506	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,606	6
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	411	590.10/cwt	500.00–605.00	2,425	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,988	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	478	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,629	10
Steers	Medium and Large 4Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	584	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,862	19
Steers	Small 1-2	500–550	510	367.48/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	586.74/cwt	500.00–600.00	2,464	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	477.47/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,306	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	692	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	336.46/cwt	334.00–341.00	2,944	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	426.51/cwt	419.00–440.00	2,738	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	969	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,004	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	414.13/cwt	390.00–437.50	2,568	4
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	480	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,520	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	380.84/cwt	380.00–382.50	2,894	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	422.00/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,853	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,118	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	421.48/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,859	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	530	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,407	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,183	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	240	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,092	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	312.07/cwt	290.00–313.00	2,531	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,158	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,043	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,077	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	394.24/cwt	345.00–406.00	2,886	30
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	651	357.60/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,328	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	345.93/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,366	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	899	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,787	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	310.07/cwt	280.00–320.00	2,304	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	482.02/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,803	7
Steers	Large 1	350–400	399	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,075	4
Steers	Large 1	600–650	613	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	337.50/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,639	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	376.08/cwt	320.00–510.00	1,218	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,937	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,979	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	933	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,892	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,006	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,313	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,045	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	385.76/cwt	362.50–400.00	2,187	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	361.53/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,270	18

How this sale compares

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