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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-05

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Apr 5

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Feb 22Apr 5Apr 12 →

Receipts

802 head

▲ 487 vs last sale 315▲ 109 vs year ago 693 · +15.7%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Oct 31, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

70 head of board Cattle included in report

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.80/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −58.09 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$346.80

50 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,975

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$581

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

$87.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.93

vs WV average

−22.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	362.50	2,066	12thin
Medium and Large 2	564	353.75	1,996	16thin
Medium 1	562	340.00	1,911	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	592	332.50	1,968	9thin
Medium and Large 3	563	322.50	1,816	1thin
Small 1-2	540	275.00	1,485	1thin

One grade step is worth $87.50/cwt here — about $581 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 sale50 hd

346.80

—

WV average5 barns · 93 hd

344.87

+1.93

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−22.21

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

−58.09

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

80 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 · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	285	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	862	1
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Steers	300–350	Small 1-2	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,415	5
Steers	350–400	Medium 3	390	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	956	1
Steers	400–450	Small 2	410	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,066	1
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	419	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,760	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	424	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,781	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	433	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,862	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	403.78/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,942	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	482	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,832	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	485	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,819	4
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	492	413.93/cwt	412.50–415.00	2,037	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1-2	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	1
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	562	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,911	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	563	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,816	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	564	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,030	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,066	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,968	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,049	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	639	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,109	16
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	641	326.76/cwt	315.00–332.50	2,095	15
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	676	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,096	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	309.68/cwt	260.00–337.50	2,115	42
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	690	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,932	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	720	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,221	70
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	737	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,953	9
Steers	750–800	Medium 1	758	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,978	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	769	293.31/cwt	286.00–301.00	2,256	68
Steers	750–800	Large 2	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	792	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,154	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,171	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Natural	831	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,078	7
Steers	800–850	Medium 1	845	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,028	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	865	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,284	48
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	248.29/cwt	245.00–249.00	2,277	33
Steers	900–950	Medium 1	935	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,179	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Natural	985	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,463	11
Steers	950–1000	Medium 1	985	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,334	1
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,020	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,244	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,073	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,414	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	275	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	825	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,019	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	349	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,166	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,085	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1-2	385	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	963	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,331	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	433	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,386	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	444	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,376	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	457	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,074	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,627	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	490	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,593	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	559	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,705	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	569	298.99/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,701	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	583	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,312	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,773	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	620	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,643	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	620	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	992	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	251.64/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,583	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	634	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,553	8
Heifers	600–650	Small 1-2	634	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,268	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	653	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,789	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	247.50/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,705	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,742	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	734	248.31/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,823	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,720	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	745	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,758	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	780	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,833	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	866	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,000	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	878	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,958	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,652	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,720	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,645	5

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 Apr 5, 2025

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

Receipts 802Last week 315Year ago 693

70 head of board Cattle included in report

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	350.00	350.00
11	400–450	419	420.00	420.00
26	450–500	492	412.50–415.00	413.93
11	550–600	562	340.00	340.00
15	600–650	641	315.00–332.50	326.76
4	650–700	676	310.00	310.00
6	750–800	758	261.00	261.00
6	800–850	845	240.00	240.00
2	900–950	935	233.00	233.00
1	950–1000	985	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	420.00	420.00
13	450–500	481	400.00–410.00	403.78
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	630	300.00	300.00
9	700–750	737	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	570	362.50	362.50
33	900–950	917	245.00–249.00	248.29
12	1050–1100	1,073	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	592	332.50	332.50
10	600–650	621	330.00	330.00
42	650–700	683	260.00–337.50	309.68
6	750–800	798	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	433	430.00	430.00
2	650–700	690	280.00	280.00
70	700–750	720	308.50	308.50
6	750–800	792	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	424	420.00	420.00
4	450–500	485	375.00	375.00
14	550–600	564	360.00	360.00
16	600–650	639	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	831	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	482	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	563	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
48	850–900	865	264.00	264.00
11	950–1000	985	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
68	750–800	769	286.00–301.00	293.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,020	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	302.50	302.50
2	600–650	635	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	540	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	770	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	310.00	310.00
7	400–450	444	310.00	310.00
3	450–500	457	235.00	235.00
6	500–550	535	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	583	225.00	225.00
2	700–750	715	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	866	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	334.00	334.00
1	350–400	370	330.00	330.00
13	400–450	416	320.00	320.00
11	450–500	487	334.00	334.00
11	600–650	629	247.00–260.00	251.64
4	700–750	735	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	349	334.00	334.00
10	400–450	433	320.00	320.00
17	450–500	490	325.00	325.00
10	550–600	569	290.00–300.00	298.99
8	600–650	634	245.00	245.00
6	700–750	745	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	250.00	250.00
4	600–650	634	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	300.00	300.00
7	600–650	606	292.50	292.50
18	650–700	689	240.00–255.00	247.50
9	700–750	711	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	620	265.00	265.00
7	650–700	653	274.00	274.00
22	700–750	734	248.00–249.00	248.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	559	305.00	305.00
2	850–900	878	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	780	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	564	305.00	305.00
5	650–700	658	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	459	360.00	360.00

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.