Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-18

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $498.30/cwt on 107 head, up $14.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 4 comparable sales and sits +8.33 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$498.30

▲ 14.03 vs prior sale

107 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$540

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

$122.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.31

vs WV average

+9.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	527.73	2,861	50
Medium and Large 2	545	477.64	2,601	30
Medium 1	559	477.06	2,667	23
Medium and Large 3	547	410.00	2,243	2thin
Small 2	573	405.00	2,321	2thin

One grade step is worth $122.73/cwt here — about $540 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale107 hd

498.30

—

WV average5 barns · 287 hd

485.99

+12.31

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+9.95

This barn, trailing median4 sales

489.98

+8.33

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

86 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 and Large 2	400–450	414	462.20/cwt	425.00–480.00	1,914	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	470.49/cwt	430.00–482.50	2,635	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	564	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,404	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	823	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,510	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	493.47/cwt	465.00–505.00	2,773	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	501.46/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	1,992	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,619	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,849	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,088	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	433.67/cwt	402.50–447.50	2,207	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	369.37/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,852	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	424.13/cwt	419.00–437.50	2,812	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	466.45/cwt	420.00–475.00	2,976	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	3,144	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,016	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	340.33/cwt	302.00–367.50	2,804	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	395.34/cwt	391.00–397.50	2,313	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	334.00/cwt	332.00–336.00	2,348	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	2,905	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,331	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,800	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,248	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,473	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,304	3
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	498	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,042	1
Steers	Small 1-2	400–450	415	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,992	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	395	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	948	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,922	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,808	4
Steers	Small 2	550–600	573	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,321	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	600–650	617	328.78/cwt	305.00–360.00	2,029	3
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	648	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,673	2
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	365	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,117	2
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	635	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,146	3
Steers	Large 1	750–800	758	363.03/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,752	4
Steers	Large 1	400–450	443	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,281	2
Steers	Large 1	600–650	638	413.47/cwt	360.00–420.00	2,638	9
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	663	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,122	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	500	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	773	366.17/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,830	8
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	485	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,449	18
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	418	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,278	12
Steers	Medium 1	800–850	842	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,770	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,358	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,923	12
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	727	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,726	3
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	559	477.06/cwt	430.00–500.00	2,667	23
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	562	373.41/cwt	372.00–400.00	2,099	23
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	350	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	330	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,023	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,316	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	497.82/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,161	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,096	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	278	515.41/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	310	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,046	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,009	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,777	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	924	309.05/cwt	304.00–340.00	2,856	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	409	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,352	6
Steers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	356	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,958	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	241	509.17/cwt	400.00–560.00	1,227	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	653	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	370.86/cwt	352.00–385.00	2,370	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	468.90/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,618	26
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	337	499.17/cwt	380.00–525.00	1,682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,945	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,524	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,143	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	424.59/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,106	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,136	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	560.63/cwt	550.00–595.00	2,355	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	274	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,370	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,713	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,538	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	502.31/cwt	455.00–510.00	2,466	23

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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