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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-12

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 12

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Oct 5Oct 12Oct 19 →

Receipts

2,527 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 2,527▲ 107 vs year ago 2,420 · +4.4%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

GAP certified Cattle listed are Board cattle

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 $269.57/cwt on 419 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −135.32 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$269.57

419 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$50.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

vs WV average

−24.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	538	275.25	1,481	102
Medium 1	563	270.97	1,526	213
Medium and Large 1-2	568	268.62	1,525	17thin
Medium and Large 1	563	267.00	1,503	8thin
Medium and Large 2	571	263.36	1,504	61
Small 1-2	543	260.00	1,412	3thin
Large 1-2	556	248.00	1,379	8thin
Medium and Large 3	553	235.00	1,300	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	225.00	1,249	2thin

One grade step is worth $50.25/cwt here — about $232 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale419 hd

269.57

—

WV average5 barns · 545 hd

272.20

−2.63

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−24.74

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

−135.32

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

82 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	269	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	767	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	935	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	352	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	950	3
Steers	350–400	Small 1-2	354	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	920	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	327.15/cwt	275.00–329.00	1,201	49
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,251	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	416	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,244	12
Steers	400–450	Small 1-2	417	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,084	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	305.67/cwt	277.50–323.00	1,308	61
Steers	400–450	Large 1	429	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,343	9
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	433	316.67/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,371	70
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,361	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,395	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	291.39/cwt	281.00–297.00	1,422	87
Steers	450–500	Small 1-2	489	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,174	8
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	492	292.59/cwt	288.00–307.00	1,440	174
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	492	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,284	10
Steers	500–550	Large 1	504	283.06/cwt	252.50–308.00	1,427	47
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	509	290.91/cwt	287.50–297.50	1,481	3
Steers	500–550	Small 1-2	543	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,412	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	553	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,300	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,249	2
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	556	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,379	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	268.20/cwt	264.00–272.50	1,494	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,503	8
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	564	270.69/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,527	210
Steers	550–600	Large 1	567	268.58/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,523	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	263.36/cwt	245.00–268.00	1,504	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	577	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,552	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	262.29/cwt	261.00–265.00	1,631	43
Steers	600–650	Small 1-2	629	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,321	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	632	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,264	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2GAP Certified	635	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,854	73
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	641	260.34/cwt	258.50–266.00	1,669	75
Steers	600–650	Large 1	644	259.50/cwt	259.00–261.00	1,671	59
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,558	32
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	650	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,680	75
Steers	700–750	Large 1	732	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,771	13
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	740	242.37/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,794	48
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	746	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,671	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,567	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,965	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,897	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,874	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	349	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	907	30
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	770	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	230.14/cwt	210.00–250.00	812	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	361	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	812	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	365	257.08/cwt	250.00–260.00	938	14
Heifers	350–400	Small 1-2	379	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	872	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	259.86/cwt	221.00–262.00	1,084	82
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	271.46/cwt	254.00–274.00	1,151	93
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	446	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	892	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	447	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,028	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	626	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,262	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	491	266.58/cwt	264.00–271.00	1,309	71
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	247.84/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,217	70
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	202.16/cwt	185.00–242.00	993	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,296	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	558	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,423	135
Heifers	550–600	Small 1-2	563	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,126	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	563	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,126	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,371	61
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,463	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	586	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,231	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	245.66/cwt	244.50–256.00	1,567	93
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,395	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,412	4
Heifers	700–750	Small 1-2	710	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,065	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	722	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,444	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	733	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,026	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,678	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,806	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	788	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	349	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	925	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,028	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	270.09/cwt	247.50–300.00	1,202	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,238	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	254.49/cwt	252.50–257.50	1,354	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,361	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,459	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 Special Graded Sale - Moorefield, WV

Sat Oct 12, 2024

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

Receipts 2,527Last week 2,527Year ago 2,420

GAP certified Cattle listed are Board cattle

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	400–450	433	315.00–327.00	316.67
174	450–500	492	288.00–307.00	292.59
3	500–550	509	287.50–297.50	290.91
210	550–600	564	270.00–295.00	270.69
75	600–650	641	258.50–266.00	260.34
75	650–700	650	258.50	258.50
48	700–750	740	242.00–245.00	242.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	260.00	260.00
12	400–450	417	260.00	260.00
8	450–500	489	240.00	240.00
3	500–550	543	260.00	260.00
4	600–650	629	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	429	313.00	313.00
47	500–550	504	252.50–308.00	283.06
55	550–600	567	266.00–275.00	268.58
59	600–650	644	259.00–261.00	259.50
13	700–750	732	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	382	327.50	327.50
8	550–600	563	267.00	267.00
18	750–800	783	251.00	251.00
14	800–850	833	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	439	310.00	310.00
9	450–500	481	290.00	290.00
8	550–600	557	264.00–272.50	268.20
43	600–650	622	261.00–265.00	262.29
9	700–750	746	210.00	210.00
6	750–800	784	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	275.00	275.00
49	350–400	367	275.00–329.00	327.15
61	400–450	428	277.50–323.00	305.67
87	450–500	488	281.00–297.00	291.39
61	550–600	571	245.00–268.00	263.36
32	600–650	644	242.00	242.00
9	700–750	746	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	270.00	270.00
12	400–450	416	299.00	299.00
10	450–500	492	261.00	261.00
5	550–600	553	235.00	235.00
3	600–650	632	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	555	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	269	285.00	285.00
9	550–600	577	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · GAP Certified$ per cwt · estimate wt
73	600–650	635	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	556	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	349	265.00	265.00
5	350–400	367	280.00	280.00
7	400–450	445	247.50–300.00	270.09
10	450–500	450	275.00	275.00
5	500–550	532	252.50–257.50	254.49
1	550–600	550	247.50	247.50
6	650–700	666	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	365	250.00–260.00	257.08
71	450–500	491	264.00–271.00	266.58
135	550–600	558	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	400–450	424	254.00–274.00	271.46
45	450–500	489	258.00	258.00
93	600–650	638	244.50–256.00	245.66
9	700–750	736	228.00	228.00
5	850–900	864	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	230.00	230.00
7	400–450	446	200.00	200.00
6	550–600	563	200.00	200.00
2	700–750	710	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	350	220.00	220.00
16	450–500	491	185.00–242.00	202.16
12	500–550	531	244.00	244.00
13	550–600	565	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	361	225.00	225.00
25	400–450	447	230.00	230.00
3	450–500	455	137.50	137.50
13	550–600	563	200.00	200.00
4	650–700	660	214.00	214.00
2	700–750	733	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	586	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	349	260.00	260.00
4	350–400	353	210.00–250.00	230.14
82	400–450	417	221.00–262.00	259.86
70	450–500	491	220.00–250.00	247.84
61	550–600	564	243.00	243.00
11	600–650	643	217.00	217.00
5	700–750	722	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.