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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Apr 11

● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Apr 4Apr 11Apr 18 →

Receipts

1,923 head

▲ 1,325 vs last sale 598▲ 334 vs year ago 1,589 · +21.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of light fleshed weaned and non-weaned cattle with very strong demand in addition to good demand for heavier cattle to go to feed as well.

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 $484.27/cwt on 167 head, up $9.97 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 9 comparable sales and sits +79.38 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$484.27

▲ 9.97 vs prior sale

167 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$49.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.83

vs WV average

−6.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	514.92	2,872	44
Large 1	536	492.50	2,640	7thin
Medium and Large 2	564	474.48	2,675	47
Medium 1	558	471.06	2,630	56
Medium and Large 1	565	470.00	2,656	9thin
Medium and Large 3	560	465.00	2,604	4thin

One grade step is worth $49.92/cwt here — about $268 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale167 hd

484.27

—

WV average2 barns · 175 hd

482.44

+1.83

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−6.56

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

+79.38

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

97 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 · Steers50 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	245	530.00/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,299	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	273	478.29/cwt	390.00–560.00	1,306	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	328	590.92/cwt	470.00–630.00	1,938	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3-4	332	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,058	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,100	28
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	343	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,195	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	363	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,178	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,453	23
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	418	590.24/cwt	575.00–600.00	2,467	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,535	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	421	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,484	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,316	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	433	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,425	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	516.01/cwt	500.00–524.00	2,503	15
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	488	495.70/cwt	485.00–507.50	2,419	62
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	515.86/cwt	497.50–520.00	2,528	22
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	504	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,734	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	463.88/cwt	370.00–537.50	2,394	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,704	12
Steers	500–550	Large 1	536	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,640	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,604	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,656	9
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	566	460.85/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,608	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	475.20/cwt	450.00–502.50	2,694	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	513.02/cwt	492.50–537.00	2,934	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	410.09/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,547	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	628	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,622	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,711	49
Steers	600–650	Large 1	648	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,760	14
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	655	418.16/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,739	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,829	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,760	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	438.02/cwt	425.00–443.25	2,917	85
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	706	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,683	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	419.35/cwt	401.00–430.00	3,049	143
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	383.18/cwt	370.00–411.00	2,805	21
Steers	700–750	Large 1	747	378.50/cwt	378.50–378.50	2,827	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	3,055	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,765	1
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	806	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,869	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,959	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,858	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	848	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,900	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	866	350.20/cwt	345.00–351.50	3,033	72
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	900	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,979	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,072	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	963	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,764	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,046	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	3,075	9
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,069	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,186	6
Steers	1050–1100	Medium 1	1,093	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,853	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	338	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,698	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,714	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,674	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	475.72/cwt	400.00–480.00	1,984	41
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	425	476.03/cwt	425.00–485.00	2,023	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	442	468.86/cwt	440.00–472.50	2,072	34
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	445	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,891	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,292	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	430.86/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,094	56
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	492	427.80/cwt	427.50–430.00	2,105	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	367.21/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,909	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,477	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	554	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,172	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	559	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,040	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,220	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,161	34
Heifers	550–600	Small 1-2	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	394.03/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,270	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	398.80/cwt	367.00–426.00	2,473	97
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	362.23/cwt	307.00–365.50	2,329	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	647	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,336	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	367.64/cwt	325.00–371.50	2,412	62
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	660	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,294	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	372.92/cwt	367.50–379.00	2,513	41
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,270	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	328.33/cwt	320.00–336.50	2,430	78
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,863	1
Heifers	750–800	Small 1-2	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,580	24
Heifers	800–850	Medium 1	839	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,693	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	883	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,684	16
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium 1	1,000	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,840	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,013	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,069	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 4	225	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,238	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 3	245	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,225	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	300	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,350	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,106	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	395	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,560	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,304	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	454	510.83/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,319	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,275	2
Bulls	500–550	Large 1-2	531	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,403	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	423.17/cwt	375.00–430.00	2,408	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,964	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,434	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,414	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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Special Graded Sale - Moorefield, WV

Sat Apr 11, 2026

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

Receipts 1,923Last week 598Year ago 1,589

Nice offering of light fleshed weaned and non-weaned cattle with very strong demand in addition to good demand for heavier cattle to go to feed as well.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	640.00	640.00
5	400–450	418	575.00–600.00	590.24
62	450–500	488	485.00–507.50	495.70
7	500–550	504	542.50	542.50
49	550–600	566	440.00–470.00	460.85
38	650–700	655	415.00–425.00	418.16
21	700–750	706	380.00	380.00
2	1050–1100	1,093	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	414	592.50	592.50
9	550–600	565	470.00	470.00
4	600–650	621	395.00–415.00	410.09
8	650–700	658	430.00	430.00
7	800–850	838	341.00	341.00
9	900–950	948	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	536	492.50	492.50
14	600–650	648	426.00	426.00
7	700–750	747	378.50	378.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	806	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	545.00	545.00
12	500–550	520	520.00	520.00
32	550–600	572	492.50–537.00	513.02
85	650–700	666	425.00–443.25	438.02
143	700–750	727	401.00–430.00	419.35
9	750–800	760	402.00	402.00
18	800–850	823	359.50	359.50
72	850–900	866	345.00–351.50	350.20
5	900–950	900	331.00	331.00
9	1000–1050	1,046	294.00	294.00
6	1050–1100	1,069	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	336	625.00	625.00
37	400–450	419	605.00	605.00
22	450–500	490	497.50–520.00	515.86
3	500–550	516	370.00–537.50	463.88
44	550–600	567	450.00–502.50	475.20
49	600–650	647	419.00	419.00
1	650–700	665	415.00	415.00
21	700–750	732	370.00–411.00	383.18
1	750–800	790	350.00	350.00
11	800–850	848	342.00	342.00
2	950–1000	963	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	620.00	620.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	510.00–550.00	530.00
3	250–300	273	390.00–560.00	478.29
4	300–350	328	470.00–630.00	590.92
2	350–400	363	600.00	600.00
11	400–450	421	590.00	590.00
15	450–500	485	500.00–524.00	516.01
4	550–600	560	465.00	465.00
3	600–650	628	417.50	417.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	560.00	560.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	502.50	502.50
14	400–450	425	425.00–485.00	476.03
42	450–500	492	427.50–430.00	427.80
2	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
10	550–600	559	365.00	365.00
3	650–700	660	347.50	347.50
5	800–850	839	321.00	321.00
6	1000–1050	1,000	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	425.00	425.00
1	550–600	570	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	750	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	480	477.50	477.50
35	500–550	527	470.00	470.00
19	550–600	576	382.50–400.00	394.03
97	600–650	620	367.00–426.00	398.80
41	650–700	674	367.50–379.00	372.92
78	700–750	740	320.00–336.50	328.33
24	750–800	776	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	565	382.50	382.50
62	650–700	656	325.00–371.50	367.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	850–900	883	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	341	502.50	502.50
41	400–450	417	400.00–480.00	475.72
56	450–500	486	410.00–440.00	430.86
2	500–550	520	360.00–375.00	367.21
38	550–600	562	395.00	395.00
43	600–650	643	307.00–365.50	362.23
1	700–750	745	250.00	250.00
9	1000–1050	1,013	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	360	465.00	465.00
34	400–450	442	440.00–472.50	468.86
33	550–600	554	392.00	392.00
13	600–650	647	361.00	361.00
4	700–750	730	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	531	452.50	452.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	441	522.50	522.50
6	450–500	454	490.00–535.00	510.83
8	550–600	569	375.00–430.00	423.17
5	600–650	649	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	680	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	585.00	585.00
1	550–600	595	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	300	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	395	395.00	395.00
2	500–550	523	435.00	435.00

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.