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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Oct 22

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Oct 15Oct 22Oct 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 11▲ 1 vs year ago 11 · +9.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 29▲ 1 vs year ago 25 · +4.0%

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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −151.91 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$242.50

2 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,322

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$391

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

$85.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−99.32

vs WV average

−148.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	285.00	1,511	1thin
Small 1-2	560	200.00	1,120	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.00/cwt here — about $391 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 sale2 hd

242.50

—

WV average5 barns · 149 hd

341.82

−99.32

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−148.32

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−151.91

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	1,805	128.00	2,310	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,576	151.23	2,384	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,181	90.48	1,069	13

Every lot

18 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	50–100	Medium and Large 2	69	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	148	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	312.37/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,453	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	474	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,019	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,511	1
Heifers	550–600	Small 1-2	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	265	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	928	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,451	2
Bulls	750–800	Small 2	795	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,431	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,805	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,310	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	750	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	75	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	61.78/cwt	40.00–80.00	649	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,239	118.40/cwt	110.00–127.00	1,467	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,315	97.22/cwt	90.00–108.00	1,278	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,545	138.25/cwt	128.00–150.00	2,136	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,588	151.12/cwt	132.00–170.00	2,400	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,603	177.52/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,846	2

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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12Last week 11Year ago 11

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 29Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	325.00	325.00
2	550–600	558	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	795	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	50–100	69	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	474	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	465	300.00–325.00	312.37
1	500–550	530	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,050	40.00–80.00	61.78
4	—	1,315	90.00–108.00	97.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	10.00	10.00
5	—	1,239	110.00–127.00	118.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,603	175.00–180.00	177.52
6	—	1,588	132.00–170.00	151.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,545	128.00–150.00	138.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	128.00	128.00

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.