Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Board sale results; 1 load of 900# steers all Ms and L 1s bring $354.00cwt*

Also see regular sale results

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $495.68/cwt on 21 head, down $2.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits +5.70 against this barn's trailing median of $489.98.

Average price

$495.68

▼ 2.62 vs prior sale

21 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$26.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.92

vs WV average

+16.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	558	501.20	2,794	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	518	480.00	2,486	3thin
Medium and Large 2	558	475.00	2,651	2thin

One grade step is worth $26.20/cwt here — about $144 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale21 hd

495.68

—

WV average2 barns · 26 hd

484.76

+10.92

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+16.65

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

53 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,363	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,322	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,371	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	563.94/cwt	550.00–610.00	1,912	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	396.62/cwt	372.00–407.50	2,848	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,780	2
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	343	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,075	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,486	3
Steers	Medium 1	900–950	900	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	582.02/cwt	520.00–600.00	1,944	4
Steers	Medium 1	1050–1100	1,050	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,835	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	488	511.04/cwt	507.50–512.50	2,494	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	399	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,334	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	490.17/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,343	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,651	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,701	1
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	627	371.44/cwt	350.00–415.00	2,329	3
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	429	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,445	7
Steers	Medium 1	850–900	856	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,928	7
Heifers	Small 3	200–250	235	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,914	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	350–400	388	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	250–300	290	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,218	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,119	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	321.22/cwt	317.50–325.00	2,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,325	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	358	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,045	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	340.85/cwt	337.50–342.50	2,648	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,289	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,794	6
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	436	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,049	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,060	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,161	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,522	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	489	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,127	16
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	571	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,241	7
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	360	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,836	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	600–650	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	3
Heifers	Medium 1	950–1000	980	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,426	1
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	520	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,756	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	695	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,259	1
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	560	499.28/cwt	485.00–515.00	2,796	15

How this sale compares

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