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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Oct 8

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 6▼ 9 vs year ago 15 · −60.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 63▲ 12 vs year ago 11 · +109.1%

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

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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 $330.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −97.50 against this barn's trailing median of $427.50.

Average price

$330.00

3 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,907

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−65.83

vs WV average

−115.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	578	330.00	1,907	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

330.00

—

WV average6 barns · 494 hd

395.83

−65.83

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−115.85

This barn, trailing median3 sales

427.50

−97.50

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

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.19, low $410.69, median $427.50 across 3 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	1,681	145.95	2,453	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,350	127.76	1,725	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,125	99.67	1,121	11

Every lot

11 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,940	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,907	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,262	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,450	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,233	1
Bulls	—	—	1,714	154.66/cwt	126.00–169.00	2,651	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	803	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,098	99.87/cwt	80.00–131.00	1,097	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,105	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,492	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,205	107.43/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,295	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,432	125.35/cwt	120.00–136.00	1,795	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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6Last week 6Year ago 15

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 63Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	578	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,714	126.00–169.00	154.66
1	—	1,450	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	75.00	75.00
7	—	1,098	80.00–131.00	99.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,205	100.00–120.00	107.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,432	120.00–136.00	125.35

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.