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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Wed, Nov 19

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1878

← Nov 12Nov 19Dec 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 45▼ 13 vs year ago 34 · −38.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 10▼ 28 vs year ago 68 · −41.2%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Return to farm calves from $575-$750 per head

*NO SALE NOVEMBER 26, 2025*

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 $275.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −119.41 against this barn's trailing median of $394.41.

Average price

$275.00

1 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.30

vs WV average

−81.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	595	275.00	1,636	1thin

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 sale1 hd

275.00

—

WV average4 barns · 59 hd

290.30

−15.30

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−81.89

This barn, trailing median5 sales

394.41

−119.41

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	1,495	130.00	1,944	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,511	127.45	1,926	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,231	99.42	1,224	24

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,693	3
Steers	550–600	Small 1-2	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	888	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	325.10/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,213	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,359	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	320.00/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,440	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,636	1
Heifers	800–850	Small 1-2	835	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,253	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,484	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,521	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	760	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,140	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,944	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,145	92.79/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,062	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,159	74.11/cwt	50.00–100.00	859	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Natural	1,277	113.46/cwt	92.00–138.00	1,449	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,315	119.86/cwt	101.00–141.00	1,576	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Natural	1,396	126.14/cwt	118.00–136.00	1,761	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,683	129.42/cwt	123.00–140.00	2,178	6

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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21Last week 45Year ago 34

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 10Year ago 68

Return to farm calves from $575-$750 per head

*NO SALE NOVEMBER 26, 2025*

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	430	345.00	345.00
2	450–500	483	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	310.00–340.00	325.10
2	400–450	418	325.00	325.00
6	450–500	450	300.00–330.00	320.00
1	550–600	595	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,396	118.00–136.00	126.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,315	101.00–141.00	119.86
8	—	1,159	50.00–100.00	74.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,277	92.00–138.00	113.46
2	—	1,145	90.00–96.00	92.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,683	123.00–140.00	129.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	130.00	130.00

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.