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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 24

● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Oct 17Oct 24latest

Receipts

1,415 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 1,363▲ 919 vs year ago 496 · +185.3%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lean cows brought 50-113

Boner cows brought 115-142

Bulls brought 120-173

4 head of sheep 101lbs brought 270

Next sale October 31st

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.69/cwt on 131 head, down $6.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −8.21 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$396.69

▼ 6.77 vs prior sale

131 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,215

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

per head · Large 1 over Medium 2

$86.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.71

vs WV average

−42.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	500	415.00	2,075	1thin
Medium and Large 1	561	405.00	2,272	58
Medium and Large 1-2	562	405.00	2,276	38
Medium 1	545	398.26	2,172	11thin
Medium and Large 2	556	375.00	2,085	13thin
Medium 1-2	577	350.00	2,020	3thin
Medium 3	538	345.00	1,856	4thin
Medium 2	544	328.33	1,785	3thin

One grade step is worth $86.67/cwt here — about $290 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale131 hd

396.69

—

WV average3 barns · 144 hd

394.97

+1.71

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

−42.58

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

−8.21

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.30, low $389.83, median $404.89 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

104 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers51 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	225	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,226	6
Steers	250–300	Medium 2	275	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,238	1
Steers	300–350	Medium 3	338	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,352	3
Steers	300–350	Medium 2	341	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,552	10
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	350	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,575	5
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	370	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,684	1
Steers	350–400	Medium 1-2	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	412	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,039	20
Steers	400–450	Medium 2	421	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,979	4
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	423	489.03/cwt	410.00–500.00	2,069	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,288	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	1
Steers	450–500	Medium 3	464	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,670	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	421.61/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,053	22
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	494	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,238	33
Steers	500–550	Large 1	500	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,075	1
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	505	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,389	1
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	523	387.18/cwt	345.00–425.00	2,025	5
Steers	500–550	Medium 3	538	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,856	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,085	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,272	58
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,276	38
Steers	550–600	Medium 2	563	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,999	2
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	564	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,298	6
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	577	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,020	3
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	624	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,340	6
Steers	600–650	Medium 3	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	1
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	636	375.47/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,388	19
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	654	366.18/cwt	275.00–370.00	2,395	78
Steers	650–700	Medium 2	655	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,162	1
Steers	650–700	Large 1	658	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,369	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,247	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	358.13/cwt	357.00–360.00	2,453	26
Steers	700–750	Medium 2	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	1
Steers	700–750	Large 1	718	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,298	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,458	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,425	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	746	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,350	4
Steers	750–800	Medium 1-2	751	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,478	4
Steers	750–800	Medium 1	754	319.00/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,405	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	338.97/cwt	338.00–340.00	2,620	133
Steers	750–800	Large 1	778	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,548	3
Steers	750–800	Medium 2	780	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,755	1
Steers	800–850	Medium 2	800	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,880	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,769	16
Steers	800–850	Large 2	835	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,505	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	300.69/cwt	285.00–310.00	2,595	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	906	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,741	11
Steers	900–950	Medium 2	938	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,580	2
Steers	950–1000	Large 2	958	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,539	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,024	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,980	49
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Small 2	218	360.71/cwt	210.00–445.00	786	8
Heifers	200–250	Medium 2	230	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	805	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium 2	278	328.71/cwt	310.00–350.00	914	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium 1	280	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	980	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	351	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,430	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	351	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,404	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium 3	358	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,056	2
Heifers	350–400	Small 2	360	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	963	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	383	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,245	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	416	380.78/cwt	330.00–385.00	1,584	26
Heifers	400–450	Small 2	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,213	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium 3	454	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,362	8
Heifers	450–500	Small 2	455	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,160	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,719	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	495	357.58/cwt	270.00–360.00	1,770	53
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	1
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	557	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,782	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	343.44/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,934	62
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,704	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	578	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,879	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1-2	604	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,993	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,950	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium 3	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	647	315.16/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,039	60
Heifers	650–700	Medium 2	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	315.62/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,096	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,244	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	709	323.53/cwt	320.00–324.00	2,294	59
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	744	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,306	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium 1	755	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,076	2
Heifers	750–800	Large 2	766	269.89/cwt	260.00–275.00	2,067	4
Heifers	850–900	Large 2	855	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,052	1
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	858	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,231	2
Heifers	900–950	Large 1	915	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,333	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	940	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,350	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium 2	245	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,041	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium 1	285	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,211	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium 2	285	339.69/cwt	275.00–400.00	968	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium 1-2	338	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,504	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	444.02/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,612	11
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1-2	398	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,353	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	400	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,740	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium 2	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 2	460	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,116	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1-2	468	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,919	19
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,884	31
Bulls	600–650	Medium 2	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,132	18
Bulls	650–700	Medium 1	670	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,194	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium 2	810	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,782	1

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every West Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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