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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Nov 12

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Nov 5Nov 12Nov 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

45 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 6▲ 39 vs year ago 6 · +650.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 11▼ 38 vs year ago 48 · −79.2%

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 $309.09/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −85.32 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$309.09

11 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$509

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

$87.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.92

vs WV average

−54.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	317.00	1,797	10thin
Medium and Large 2	560	230.00	1,288	1thin

One grade step is worth $87.00/cwt here — about $509 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 sale11 hd

309.09

—

WV average3 barns · 48 hd

314.01

−4.92

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−54.87

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−85.32

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	1,985	145.00	2,878	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,562	126.43	1,975	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	983	57.00	560	2thin

Every lot

21 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	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	304.76/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,280	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,081	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	811	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,104	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,100	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	311.04/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,428	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,797	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 3	880	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,452	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	767	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	987	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,133	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,250	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,804	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	890	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,380	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,985	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,878	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	189	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	990	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,491	126.83/cwt	106.00–143.00	1,891	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,990	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,468	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.

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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Wed Nov 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 45Last week 6Year ago 6

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 11Year ago 48

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	420	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	485	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	510	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	820	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	890	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	560	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	459	300.00–315.00	311.04
10	550–600	567	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	235.00	235.00
1	850–900	880	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	300.00–310.00	304.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	593	351.00	351.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	21.00	21.00
1	—	1,065	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,990	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,491	106.00–143.00	126.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	145.00	145.00

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.