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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-19

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 19

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Oct 12Oct 19Oct 26 →

Receipts

1,398 head

▲ 1,398 vs last sale 0▲ 272 vs year ago 1,126 · +24.2%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $269.65/cwt on 218 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −135.24 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$269.65

218 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$17.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.74

vs WV average

−29.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	563	271.42	1,528	142
Large 1	549	270.83	1,487	53
Medium and Large 1	546	265.00	1,447	4thin
Medium and Large 2	547	254.16	1,390	19thin

One grade step is worth $17.26/cwt here — about $138 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 sale218 hd

269.65

—

WV average3 barns · 260 hd

266.91

+2.74

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−29.68

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

−135.24

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

55 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	333	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,052	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,117	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,354	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,185	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,111	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	403	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,028	3
Steers	400–450	Small 1-2	413	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,012	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,281	17
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	432	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,331	41
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,368	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,404	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	268.39/cwt	207.00–276.00	1,304	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	493	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,208	4
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	497	292.11/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,452	105
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,268	4
Steers	500–550	Large 1	508	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,453	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,447	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,423	15
Steers	550–600	Large 1	561	266.39/cwt	266.00–268.00	1,494	41
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	563	271.42/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,528	142
Steers	600–650	Large 1	635	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,651	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	643	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,286	6
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	78
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	654	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,635	6
Steers	650–700	Large 1	673	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,683	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,698	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,712	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	743	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	339	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	678	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	822	20
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	349	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	852	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	886	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	245.29/cwt	204.00–250.00	1,025	40
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	422	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,072	57
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	438	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	880	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	966	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	457	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	845	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,203	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	490	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,250	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,257	101
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	233.86/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,218	11
Heifers	500–550	Small 1-2	529	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	952	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	551	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,047	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	229.04/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,285	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,411	85
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	571	243.97/cwt	223.00–251.00	1,393	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,529	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,284	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	645	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,477	4
Heifers	650–700	Small 1-2	685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,233	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	357	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,025	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,060	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,147	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,289	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 Oct 19, 2024

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

Receipts 1,398Last week 0Year ago 1,126

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	381	311.00	311.00
6	450–500	484	290.00	290.00
4	500–550	546	265.00	265.00
29	700–750	732	232.00	232.00
3	800–850	827	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	508	286.00	286.00
41	550–600	561	266.00–268.00	266.39
13	600–650	635	260.00	260.00
5	650–700	673	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	316.00	316.00
41	400–450	432	308.00	308.00
105	450–500	497	292.00–295.00	292.11
142	550–600	563	271.00–276.00	271.42
78	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
6	650–700	654	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	368.00	368.00
3	400–450	403	255.00	255.00
4	450–500	493	245.00	245.00
6	600–650	643	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	365	306.00	306.00
17	400–450	427	300.00	300.00
36	450–500	486	207.00–276.00	268.39
4	500–550	505	251.00	251.00
15	550–600	558	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	287.00	287.00
7	400–450	440	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	349	244.00	244.00
57	400–450	422	254.00	254.00
34	450–500	490	255.00	255.00
8	550–600	571	223.00–251.00	243.97
4	600–650	645	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	217.00	217.00
101	450–500	493	255.00	255.00
11	500–550	521	230.00–241.00	233.86
85	550–600	562	251.00	251.00
47	600–650	637	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	438	201.00	201.00
4	500–550	529	180.00	180.00
2	650–700	685	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	341	241.00	241.00
40	400–450	418	204.00–250.00	245.29
30	450–500	489	246.00	246.00
16	550–600	561	227.00–230.00	229.04
6	600–650	642	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	230.00	230.00
11	350–400	360	246.00	246.00
8	550–600	565	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	200.00	200.00
8	450–500	457	185.00	185.00
7	550–600	551	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	357	287.00	287.00
7	400–450	431	246.00	246.00
6	450–500	457	251.00	251.00
4	500–550	544	237.00	237.00

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.