Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of light fleshed weaned and non-weaned cattle with very strong demand in addition to good demand for heavier cattle to go to feed as well.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.27/cwt on 167 head, up $9.97 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −5.70 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$484.27

▲ 9.97 vs prior sale

167 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$49.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.83

vs WV average

−6.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	514.92	2,872	44
Large 1	536	492.50	2,640	7thin
Medium and Large 2	564	474.48	2,675	47
Medium 1	558	471.06	2,630	56
Medium and Large 1	565	470.00	2,656	9thin
Medium and Large 3	560	465.00	2,604	4thin

One grade step is worth $49.92/cwt here — about $268 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 sale167 hd

484.27

—

WV average2 barns · 175 hd

482.44

+1.83

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−6.56

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

−5.70

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

97 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 1	550–600	566	460.85/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,608	49
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	660	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,294	3
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	655	418.16/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,739	38
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	559	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,040	10
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	504	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,734	7
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	343	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,195	5
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	338	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,698	3
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Medium 1	1000–1050	1,000	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,840	6
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	706	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,683	21
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	418	590.24/cwt	575.00–600.00	2,467	5
Steers	Medium 1	1050–1100	1,093	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,656	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,858	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,453	23
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	425	476.03/cwt	425.00–485.00	2,023	14
Steers	Large 1	600–650	648	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,760	14
Steers	Large 1	500–550	536	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,640	7
Steers	Large 1	700–750	747	378.50/cwt	378.50–378.50	2,827	7
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	531	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,403	4
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	806	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,869	10
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	488	495.70/cwt	485.00–507.50	2,419	62
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,072	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	350.20/cwt	345.00–351.50	3,033	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,704	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,304	12
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	445	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,891	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	750–800	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	3,055	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	423.17/cwt	375.00–430.00	2,408	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	394.03/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,270	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,161	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	410.09/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,547	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	510.83/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,319	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,580	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,046	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	3,075	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	372.92/cwt	367.50–379.00	2,513	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	438.02/cwt	425.00–443.25	2,917	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,979	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,100	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,477	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,959	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	419.35/cwt	401.00–430.00	3,049	143
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,434	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	328.33/cwt	320.00–336.50	2,430	78
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,535	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	850–900	883	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,684	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	463.88/cwt	370.00–537.50	2,394	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	398.80/cwt	367.00–426.00	2,473	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,292	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	367.21/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,909	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	492	427.80/cwt	427.50–430.00	2,105	42
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	839	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,693	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	200–250	225	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	647	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,336	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	513.02/cwt	492.50–537.00	2,934	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	367.64/cwt	325.00–371.50	2,412	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,829	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	300–350	332	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	273	478.29/cwt	390.00–560.00	1,306	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,178	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	516.01/cwt	500.00–524.00	2,503	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	590.92/cwt	470.00–630.00	1,938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,484	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	475.20/cwt	450.00–502.50	2,694	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,270	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	468.86/cwt	440.00–472.50	2,072	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,674	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	554	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,172	33
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	362.23/cwt	307.00–365.50	2,329	43
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	530.00/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,299	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,425	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,711	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	515.86/cwt	497.50–520.00	2,528	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	848	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,900	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	963	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	383.18/cwt	370.00–411.00	2,805	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,220	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,013	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,069	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	430.86/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,094	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	475.72/cwt	400.00–480.00	1,984	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,069	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,186	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,714	20

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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