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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-12

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

● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Apr 5Apr 12Apr 20 →

Receipts

1,589 head

▲ 787 vs last sale 802▼ 589 vs year ago 2,178 · −27.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*18 head of replacement heifers weighing 873 bring $2150 per head*

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 $357.64/cwt on 134 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −47.25 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$357.64

134 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$696

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

$131.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.18

vs WV average

+3.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	381.05	2,146	40
Large 1	561	357.92	2,007	6thin
Medium and Large 2	561	350.64	1,966	20
Medium 1	561	349.56	1,961	35
Medium and Large 3	538	345.00	1,856	2thin
Medium and Large 1	565	344.90	1,949	30
Small 1-2	580	250.00	1,450	1thin

One grade step is worth $131.05/cwt here — about $696 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 sale134 hd

357.64

—

WV average5 barns · 182 hd

350.46

+7.18

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+3.34

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

−47.25

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

108 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 · Steers60 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	255	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,084	1
Steers	250–300	Medium 1	260	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,092	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	260	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	832	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	333	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,432	9
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	333	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,415	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	353	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,447	2
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	1
Steers	350–400	Small 1-2	380	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,492	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,540	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	403	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,612	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	418	421.18/cwt	410.00–423.00	1,761	29
Steers	400–450	Large 1	423	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,713	3
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	425	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,817	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	480	367.07/cwt	335.00–397.50	1,762	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	377.51/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,820	12
Steers	450–500	Small 1-2	483	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,763	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	491	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,903	16
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	492	385.59/cwt	370.00–398.00	1,897	42
Steers	450–500	Large 1	493	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,824	4
Steers	500–550	Large 1	505	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,881	1
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	519	352.80/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,831	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,044	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	538	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,856	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	540	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,160	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,887	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	556	359.83/cwt	342.50–365.00	2,001	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	344.90/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,949	30
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	568	349.02/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,982	30
Steers	550–600	Large 1	572	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,031	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	340.62/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,965	7
Steers	550–600	Small 1-2	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	581	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,173	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	603	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,809	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	613	357.88/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,194	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	623	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,869	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	352.78/cwt	352.00–355.00	2,215	51
Steers	600–650	Large 1	633	333.18/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,109	15
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	646	333.95/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,157	47
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,152	18
Steers	650–700	Small 1-2	663	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,790	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	353.05/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,351	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	681	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,230	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	712	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,164	38
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	326.75/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,362	31
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	729	275.57/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,009	17
Steers	700–750	Large 1	730	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,037	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	734	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,393	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	735	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,223	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,976	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	280.88/cwt	263.00–302.50	2,166	44
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,126	10
Steers	800–850	Small 1-2Fleshy	835	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,987	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,087	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	859	243.96/cwt	240.00–245.00	2,096	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	877	254.12/cwt	251.00–257.00	2,229	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	877	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,157	29
Steers	850–900	Large 1	890	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,092	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	949	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,278	4
Steers	1050–1100	Medium 1	1,055	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,427	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	283	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	849	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	346	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,185	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	347	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,197	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	362	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,321	13
Heifers	350–400	Small 1-2	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,296	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	420	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,466	33
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	422	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,397	36
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	437	272.08/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,189	5
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	446	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,115	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	455	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,433	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	458	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,511	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,574	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	317.54/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,483	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	472	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,558	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,552	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,529	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	503	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,459	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,603	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	561	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,683	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	281.62/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,583	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	566	283.90/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,607	56
Heifers	550–600	Small 1-2	576	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,440	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,660	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	266.07/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,655	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,685	35
Heifers	650–700	Small 1-2	651	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,530	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	652	264.60/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,725	39
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	256.28/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,814	43
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	737	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,843	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	746	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,843	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	754	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,923	10
Heifers	750–800	Small 1-2	763	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,679	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	778	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,945	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	233.71/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,898	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	239.98/cwt	238.00–242.00	2,001	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	840	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,764	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	858	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,982	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium 1	861	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,101	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	904	254.47/cwt	253.00–255.00	2,300	19
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium 1	1,033	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,324	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	347	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,449	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	414	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,594	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	425	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,424	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,755	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,745	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.

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

Sat Apr 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,589Last week 802Year ago 2,178

*18 head of replacement heifers weighing 873 bring $2150 per head*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	420.00	420.00
4	300–350	333	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	380	410.00	410.00
26	400–450	425	427.50	427.50
42	450–500	492	370.00–398.00	385.59
5	500–550	519	347.50–360.00	352.80
30	550–600	568	340.00–350.00	349.02
47	600–650	646	325.00–340.00	333.95
17	700–750	729	270.00–280.00	275.57
2	1050–1100	1,055	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	405.00	405.00
4	450–500	493	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	505	372.50	372.50
5	550–600	572	355.00	355.00
15	600–650	633	330.00–336.00	333.18
2	700–750	730	279.00	279.00
1	850–900	890	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	565	340.00–367.50	344.90
12	800–850	838	249.00	249.00
4	900–950	949	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	392.50	392.50
5	450–500	483	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	580	250.00	250.00
3	650–700	663	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	538	380.00	380.00
51	600–650	628	352.00–355.00	352.78
28	650–700	666	335.00–365.00	353.05
31	700–750	723	320.00–330.00	326.75
44	750–800	771	263.00–302.50	280.88
10	800–850	824	258.00	258.00
17	850–900	877	251.00–257.00	254.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	425.00	425.00
1	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	400	385.00	385.00
12	450–500	482	350.00–380.00	377.51
4	500–550	543	347.50	347.50
7	550–600	577	305.00–350.00	340.62
18	650–700	662	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	760	260.00	260.00
5	850–900	859	240.00–245.00	243.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	540	400.00	400.00
23	550–600	581	374.00	374.00
13	600–650	613	355.00–362.50	357.88
7	650–700	681	327.50	327.50
7	700–750	734	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	430.00	430.00
2	350–400	353	410.00	410.00
29	400–450	418	410.00–423.00	421.18
16	450–500	491	387.50	387.50
9	550–600	556	342.50–365.00	359.83
10	700–750	735	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	403	400.00	400.00
15	450–500	480	335.00–397.50	367.07
2	500–550	538	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	623	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	700–750	712	304.00	304.00
29	850–900	877	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	835	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	603	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	468	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	417.50	417.50
4	400–450	414	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	347	345.00	345.00
2	400–450	405	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	467	312.50–320.00	317.54
31	550–600	562	270.00–285.00	281.62
35	600–650	648	260.00	260.00
3	700–750	737	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	840	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	538	298.00	298.00
2	750–800	778	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	850–900	858	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	463	340.00	340.00
7	500–550	503	304.00	304.00
40	550–600	593	280.00	280.00
32	600–650	622	261.00–270.00	266.07
43	700–750	708	249.00–259.00	256.28
10	750–800	754	255.00	255.00
8	800–850	834	238.00–242.00	239.98
19	900–950	904	253.00–255.00	254.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	300.00	300.00
7	400–450	446	250.00	250.00
8	550–600	576	250.00	250.00
5	650–700	651	235.00	235.00
5	750–800	763	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	342.50	342.50
36	400–450	422	331.00	331.00
3	450–500	458	330.00	330.00
56	550–600	566	277.50–285.00	283.90
39	650–700	652	250.00–265.00	264.60
18	700–750	746	247.00	247.00
5	850–900	861	244.00	244.00
2	1000–1050	1,033	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	362	365.00	365.00
5	400–450	437	260.00–290.00	272.08
19	450–500	455	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	645	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	283	300.00	300.00
33	400–450	420	349.00	349.00
7	500–550	503	290.00	290.00
16	550–600	561	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	472	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	450–500	496	313.00	313.00
33	800–850	812	231.00–237.00	233.71

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.