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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Apr 23

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

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Feeder Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 7▲ 14 vs year ago 12 · +116.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 17▼ 82 vs year ago 102 · −80.4%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves $800-$850

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $313.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −119.05 against this barn's trailing median of $432.05.

Average price

$313.00

3 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$324

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

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.90

vs WV average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	322.00	1,829	2thin
Medium and Large 3	510	295.00	1,505	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $324 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 sale3 hd

313.00

—

WV average6 barns · 54 hd

326.90

−13.90

This barn, trailing median1 sales

432.05

−119.05

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

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	1,664	161.25	2,683	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,387	134.35	1,864	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,211	93.13	1,128	8thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,720	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,020	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,389	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	601	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,503	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	675	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,519	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,511	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,829	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,786	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	754	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,945	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,701	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	895	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,059	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,518	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,262	2
Bulls	—	—	1,810	173.49/cwt	173.00–174.00	3,140	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,070	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	974	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	107.01/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,236	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,215	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	377	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,225	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,899	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,390	136.10/cwt	129.00–145.00	1,892	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,393	97.48/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,358	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,438	125.14/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,800	3

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 Apr 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26Last week 7Year ago 12

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 17Year ago 102

Baby calves $800-$850

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	318.00	318.00
2	550–600	568	322.00	322.00
4	600–650	616	290.00	290.00
4	750–800	754	258.00	258.00
1	800–850	810	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	895	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	575	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	505	275.00	275.00
4	600–650	601	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	334.00	334.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	149.00	149.00
2	—	1,810	173.00–174.00	173.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,390	129.00–145.00	136.10
1	—	1,225	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,155	103.00–110.00	107.01
2	—	1,393	95.00–100.00	97.48
1	—	1,215	31.00	31.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,438	121.00–127.00	125.14

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.