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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-22

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Feb 22

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Dec 14Feb 22Apr 5 →

Receipts

315 head

▲ 315 vs last sale 0▲ 315 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.02/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −66.87 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$338.02

41 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$37.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.32

vs WV average

−3.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	340.00	1,882	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	568	338.76	1,924	21
Medium and Large 2	585	322.50	1,887	1thin
Small 1-2	525	302.50	1,588	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about $294 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale41 hd

338.02

—

WV average2 barns · 143 hd

323.71

+14.32

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−3.19

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

−66.87

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

36 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,350	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	335.17/cwt	305.00–360.00	1,398	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	364.23/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,730	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,596	2
Steers	500–550	Small 1-2	525	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,588	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,882	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,860	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,887	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,961	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	311.70/cwt	295.00–332.50	1,951	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,162	4
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	664	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,175	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	292.76/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,087	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,823	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,958	2
Steers	750–800	Medium 1	755	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,057	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,147	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,071	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	422	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,224	7
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	440	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	924	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	282.89/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,386	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	497	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,317	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,166	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	273.10/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,554	28
Heifers	550–600	Small 1-2	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	267.50/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,613	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	676	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,555	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,742	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	233.88/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,824	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium 1	793	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,792	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	991	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,205	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	277.50/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,443	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	225.53/cwt	202.00–235.00	1,635	7

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 Feb 22, 2025

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

Receipts 315Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	270.00–285.00	277.50
7	700–750	725	202.00–235.00	225.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	422	290.00	290.00
8	450–500	497	265.00	265.00
4	650–700	676	230.00	230.00
2	750–800	793	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	490	280.00–285.00	282.89
28	550–600	569	260.00–280.00	273.10
24	600–650	603	264.00–270.00	267.50
18	650–700	686	254.00	254.00
8	750–800	780	225.00–239.00	233.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	550	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	950–1000	991	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
5	400–450	417	305.00–360.00	335.17
2	450–500	480	332.50	332.50
1	550–600	585	322.50	322.50
4	650–700	660	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	715	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	352.50	352.50
18	450–500	475	357.50–367.50	364.23
10	500–550	547	344.00	344.00
11	550–600	587	334.00	334.00
20	600–650	626	295.00–332.50	311.70
33	700–750	713	280.00–300.00	292.76
2	750–800	753	260.00	260.00
6	850–900	880	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	664	327.50	327.50
4	750–800	755	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	547	340.00	340.00
15	550–600	555	340.00	340.00

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.