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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-02

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 2

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Oct 26Nov 2Dec 14 →

Receipts

307 head

▲ 307 vs last sale 0▼ 286 vs year ago 593 · −48.2%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Oct 31, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $278.90/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −125.99 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$278.90

41 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$12.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.00

vs WV average

−21.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	283.00	1,593	20
Medium and Large 1-2	583	278.00	1,621	12thin
Medium and Large 2	559	271.00	1,515	9thin

One grade step is worth $12.00/cwt here — about $78 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale41 hd

278.90

—

WV average4 barns · 89 hd

263.90

+15.00

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−21.79

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

−125.99

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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.30, low $389.83, median $404.89 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

33 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Special Graded Sale - 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	3
Steers	350–400	Small 1-2	378	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	888	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	308.53/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,299	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	485	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,494	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	291.54/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,434	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,515	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,593	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,621	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,645	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,613	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,652	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,799	38
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,813	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	237.03/cwt	210.00–242.00	1,915	20
Steers	850–900	Medium 1	850	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,044	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	340	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	765	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	827	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	375	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	806	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	406	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	995	4
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	418	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	836	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,060	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	478	248.05/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,186	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,161	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,334	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,206	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,397	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,402	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,610	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	644	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,604	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	727	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,665	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,206	4

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 Special Graded Sale - Moorefield, WV

Sat Nov 2, 2024

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

Receipts 307Last week 0Year ago 593

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
20	450–500	485	308.00	308.00
2	850–900	850	240.50	240.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	300.00	300.00
5	400–450	421	307.50–310.00	308.53
6	450–500	492	290.00–300.00	291.54
9	550–600	559	271.00	271.00
2	650–700	658	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	563	283.00	283.00
20	600–650	635	259.00	259.00
7	700–750	737	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	583	278.00	278.00
2	600–650	635	254.00	254.00
38	650–700	659	273.00	273.00
20	800–850	808	210.00–242.00	237.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	225.00	225.00
1	350–400	375	215.00	215.00
4	450–500	478	245.00–251.00	248.05
6	600–650	644	249.00	249.00
3	700–750	727	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	523	255.00	255.00
16	600–650	644	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	424	250.00	250.00
17	550–600	570	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	235.00	235.00
4	400–450	406	245.00	245.00
7	450–500	494	235.00	235.00
2	500–550	548	220.00	220.00
2	600–650	623	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	200.00	200.00

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.