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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-05

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

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Sep 21Oct 5Oct 12 →

Receipts

1,693 head

▲ 1,028 vs last sale 665▼ 618 vs year ago 2,311 · −26.7%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 28lb feeder cattle deleted

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 $262.52/cwt on 254 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −142.38 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$262.52

254 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,455

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$12.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.87

vs WV average

−24.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	271.00	1,547	10thin
Large 1	534	267.25	1,428	64
Medium 1	562	260.93	1,468	134
Medium and Large 1-2	523	260.89	1,364	7thin
Medium and Large 2	561	258.30	1,448	39

One grade step is worth $12.70/cwt here — about $99 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 sale254 hd

262.52

—

WV average5 barns · 401 hd

259.65

+2.87

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−24.31

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

−142.38

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

70 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	235	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	629	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	759	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	850	4
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	347	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,119	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	354	318.37/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,127	25
Steers	350–400	Small 1-2	373	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	821	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	294.85/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,244	67
Steers	400–450	Large 1	422	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,234	4
Steers	400–450	Small 1-2	422	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,023	6
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	424	303.80/cwt	303.00–320.00	1,288	63
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	424	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,081	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,417	5
Steers	450–500	Small 1-2	485	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,079	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	278.92/cwt	215.00–293.00	1,356	59
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	493	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,410	127
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	497	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,297	10
Steers	500–550	Large 1	500	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,380	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,295	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	260.89/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,364	7
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	538	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,404	3
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	563	260.93/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,469	131
Steers	550–600	Large 1	563	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,464	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	258.75/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,457	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,547	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	613	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,318	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	620	232.55/cwt	200.00–242.00	1,442	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	624	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,610	5
Steers	600–650	Small 1-2	634	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,224	8
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	636	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,641	65
Steers	600–650	Large 1	638	255.67/cwt	253.00–256.00	1,631	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	662	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,615	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	698	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,689	6
Steers	700–750	Large 1	722	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,668	1
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	728	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,689	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,771	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	741	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,771	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,845	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,736	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	823	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,811	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,909	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	279	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	516	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	344	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	774	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	346	247.27/cwt	225.00–250.00	856	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	354	249.16/cwt	235.00–250.00	882	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	896	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	423	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,121	75
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	446	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,004	14
Heifers	450–500	Small 1-2	458	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	813	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	250.63/cwt	190.00–253.50	1,216	66
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	489	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,240	139
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	510	203.86/cwt	190.00–230.00	1,040	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,170	3
Heifers	500–550	Small 1-2	525	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	893	4
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	540	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,301	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,309	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	558	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,172	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,391	93
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	637	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,529	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,415	17
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	653	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,567	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	655	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,179	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	688	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,644	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	724	218.75/cwt	202.50–221.00	1,584	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,660	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,733	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	343	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,063	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	900	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	250.51/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,152	9
Bulls	500–550	Large 1	500	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,050	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,293	3

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 Oct 5, 2024

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

Receipts 1,693Last week 665Year ago 2,311

Correction: 28lb feeder cattle deleted

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	482	294.00	294.00
10	550–600	571	271.00	271.00
17	700–750	735	241.00	241.00
2	800–850	800	217.00	217.00
2	900–950	918	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	267.50	267.50
2	300–350	323	235.00	235.00
25	350–400	354	300.00–320.00	318.37
67	400–450	422	292.50–295.00	294.85
59	450–500	486	215.00–293.00	278.92
2	500–550	518	250.00	250.00
37	550–600	563	245.00–260.00	258.75
12	700–750	741	239.00	239.00
2	800–850	823	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	250.00	250.00
5	400–450	424	255.00	255.00
10	450–500	497	261.00	261.00
2	600–650	613	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	523	255.00–265.00	260.89
4	750–800	750	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	347	322.50	322.50
63	400–450	424	303.00–320.00	303.80
127	450–500	493	286.00	286.00
3	500–550	538	261.00	261.00
131	550–600	563	258.00–261.00	260.93
65	600–650	636	258.00	258.00
2	700–750	728	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	422	292.50	292.50
29	500–550	500	276.00	276.00
35	550–600	563	260.00	260.00
27	600–650	638	253.00–256.00	255.67
1	700–750	722	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	220.00	220.00
6	400–450	422	242.50	242.50
3	450–500	485	222.50	222.50
8	600–650	634	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	624	258.00	258.00
6	650–700	698	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	620	200.00–242.00	232.55
6	650–700	662	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	655	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	279	185.00	185.00
26	300–350	346	225.00–250.00	247.27
5	350–400	398	225.00	225.00
66	450–500	485	190.00–253.50	250.63
26	550–600	557	235.00	235.00
17	600–650	643	220.00	220.00
17	700–750	724	202.50–221.00	218.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	344	225.00	225.00
14	400–450	446	225.00	225.00
11	550–600	558	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	513	228.00	228.00
93	550–600	563	247.00	247.00
9	750–800	751	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	400–450	423	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	354	235.00–250.00	249.16
139	450–500	489	253.50	253.50
6	500–550	510	190.00–230.00	203.86
43	600–650	637	240.00	240.00
4	650–700	688	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	241.00	241.00
4	650–700	653	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	458	177.50	177.50
4	500–550	525	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	784	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	400	225.00	225.00
9	450–500	460	235.00–255.00	250.51
3	550–600	550	235.00	235.00

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.