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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Nov 5

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 14▲ 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 10▼ 44 vs year ago 55 · −80.0%

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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 $140.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −254.41 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$140.00

2 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−163.41

vs WV average

−225.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 4	565	140.00	791	2thin

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 sale2 hd

140.00

—

WV average6 barns · 59 hd

303.41

−163.41

National average198 barns · 25,157 hd

365.61

−225.61

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−254.41

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	2,065	130.94	2,704	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,617	135.80	2,196	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,197	99.52	1,191	6thin

Every lot

10 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	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 4	255	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	383	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 4	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,570	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	805	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,610	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,065	130.94/cwt	115.00–145.00	2,704	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,110	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	999	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,210	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	968	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,215	106.78/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,297	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,617	135.80/cwt	111.00–146.00	2,196	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 Nov 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6Last week 14Year ago 4

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 10Year ago 55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	150.00	150.00
2	550–600	565	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	805	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	80.00	80.00
4	—	1,215	102.00–110.00	106.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,617	111.00–146.00	135.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,065	115.00–145.00	130.94

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.