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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Mar 26

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 9▼ 9 vs year ago 21 · −42.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 25▼ 78 vs year ago 103 · −75.7%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded SaleSat Oct 24, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby Calves range from $400-$900 per head

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −130.66 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$263.75

4 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$415

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

$85.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.89

vs WV average

−57.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	285.00	1,525	3thin
Medium and Large 2	555	200.00	1,110	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.00/cwt here — about $415 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

263.75

—

WV average4 barns · 136 hd

304.64

−40.89

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−57.99

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−130.66

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

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.80, low $354.66, median $394.41 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,755	160.62	2,819	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,414	130.06	1,839	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,175	91.08	1,070	15

Every lot

15 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Small 2	365	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	847	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	498	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,703	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,525	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,110	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,664	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,316	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,454	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,755	160.62/cwt	153.00–167.00	2,819	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	71.80/cwt	65.00–78.00	779	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,195	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	598	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,222	106.36/cwt	90.00–129.00	1,300	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,958	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,358	128.39/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,744	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,458	127.16/cwt	116.00–140.00	1,854	4

This sale against other markets

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed Mar 26, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Feeder CattleReceipts 12Last week 9Year ago 21

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 25Year ago 103

Baby Calves range from $400-$900 per head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	195.00	195.00
1	750–800	765	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	285.00	285.00
2	700–750	708	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	232.00	232.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,755	153.00–167.00	160.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	145.00	145.00
2	—	1,358	124.00–133.00	128.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,222	90.00–129.00	106.36
5	—	1,085	65.00–78.00	71.80
1	—	1,195	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,458	116.00–140.00	127.16

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.