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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Oct 29

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Oct 22Oct 29Nov 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 12▼ 1 vs year ago 15 · −6.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 26▲ 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%

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 $218.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −176.07 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$218.33

3 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,194

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−107.37

vs WV average

−156.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	235.00	1,234	1thin
Medium and Large 2	525	210.00	1,103	1thin
Medium 2	590	210.00	1,239	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about −$5 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

218.33

—

WV average5 barns · 127 hd

325.71

−107.37

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−156.56

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−176.07

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	1,663	150.20	2,498	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,477	121.89	1,800	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,100	62.00	682	3thin

Every lot

19 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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Small 3	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	525	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,103	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	590	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,239	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,290	1
Heifers	700–750	Small 2	725	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,015	1
Heifers	850–900	Small 2	875	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,356	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 2	315	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	898	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 2	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	2
Bulls	500–550	Small 2	530	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	848	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,553	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,663	150.20/cwt	131.00–161.00	2,498	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,025	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	461	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	674	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,170	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	936	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,353	131.77/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,783	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,570	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,397	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,630	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,201	1

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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 12Year ago 15

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 26Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
1	1000–1050	1,035	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	285.00	285.00
1	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	530	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	600	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	140.00	140.00
1	850–900	875	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,170	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,630	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	125.00–137.00	131.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,663	131.00–161.00	150.20

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.