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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-04

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 4

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Apr 26Oct 4Oct 11 →

Receipts

1,586 head

▲ 1,367 vs last sale 219▼ 107 vs year ago 1,693 · −6.3%

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 $409.02/cwt on 315 head. That ranks 6 of 9 comparable sales and sits +4.13 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$409.02

315 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$776

per head · Medium 1 over Large 2

$109.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.34

vs WV average

−13.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	561	419.92	2,357	192
Large 1	569	406.68	2,316	61
Medium and Large 2	567	390.92	2,215	46
Medium and Large 1-2	568	375.00	2,130	3thin
Small 1-2	553	337.50	1,866	7thin
Medium and Large 3	560	330.00	1,848	4thin
Large 2	510	310.00	1,581	2thin

One grade step is worth $109.92/cwt here — about $776 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 sale315 hd

409.02

—

WV average6 barns · 479 hd

395.69

+13.34

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−13.63

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

+4.13

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

85 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 3	277	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,302	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	372.27/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,228	2
Steers	350–400	Small 1-2	355	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,527	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,584	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	455.01/cwt	420.00–463.00	1,661	11
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	421	473.85/cwt	390.00–500.00	1,995	41
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	473.75/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,004	34
Steers	450–500	Small 1-2	462	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,663	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	463	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,014	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,091	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	457.54/cwt	385.00–460.00	2,201	59
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	485	468.29/cwt	455.00–469.00	2,271	137
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	6
Steers	450–500	Large 1	491	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,185	19
Steers	500–550	Large 2	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	2
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	539	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,385	90
Steers	500–550	Large 1	543	422.40/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,294	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,289	24
Steers	550–600	Small 1-2	553	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,866	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,130	3
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	581	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,324	102
Steers	550–600	Large 1	589	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,327	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	359.19/cwt	305.00–380.00	2,119	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	306.27/cwt	255.00–335.00	1,908	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	337.86/cwt	235.00–355.00	2,162	14
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	644	400.67/cwt	370.00–402.50	2,580	89
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,064	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,329	9
Steers	650–700	Small 1-2	653	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,698	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,317	23
Steers	650–700	Large 1	663	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,453	44
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	1
Steers	700–750	Large 1	749	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,547	11
Steers	750–800	Medium 1	750	338.86/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,541	22
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	757	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,536	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	773	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,126	2
Steers	750–800	Small 1-2	780	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,262	2
Steers	800–850	Large 1	815	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,241	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,520	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	861	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,669	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	875	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,581	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	930	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,604	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium 1	958	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,778	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,183	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	363	339.53/cwt	260.00–350.00	1,232	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	365	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,533	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	367.60/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,356	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	371.59/cwt	300.00–380.00	1,568	42
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	426	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,704	44
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	431	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,034	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	438	281.25/cwt	225.00–300.00	1,232	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	269.35/cwt	240.00–285.00	1,252	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,652	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	493	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,814	101
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	498	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,743	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	507	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,584	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	548	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,260	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	561	282.48/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,585	10
Heifers	550–600	Small 1-2	561	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,332	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	323.21/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,816	53
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	344.25/cwt	340.50–344.50	1,945	173
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	585	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,983	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,048	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,016	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	642	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,605	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	645	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,090	47
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,625	1
Heifers	650–700	Small 1-2	668	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,670	6
Heifers	700–750	Small 1-2	717	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,721	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,880	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	740	294.72/cwt	270.00–300.00	2,181	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	744	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,897	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 3	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium 1	875	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,969	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,140	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,121	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	343	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,595	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	429.47/cwt	390.00–447.50	1,598	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	359.16/cwt	325.00–385.00	1,656	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,788	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,823	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,096	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	309.97/cwt	285.00–315.00	2,021	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.

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

Sat Oct 4, 2025

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

Receipts 1,586Last week 219Year ago 1,693

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	350.00	350.00
6	350–400	369	350.00–405.00	367.60
42	400–450	422	300.00–380.00	371.59
44	450–500	498	350.00	350.00
5	500–550	507	312.50	312.50
53	550–600	562	295.00–325.00	323.21
23	600–650	642	314.00	314.00
1	650–700	650	250.00	250.00
5	700–750	744	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	486	340.00	340.00
173	550–600	565	340.50–344.50	344.25
5	600–650	635	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	240.00	240.00
7	550–600	561	237.50	237.50
6	650–700	668	250.00	250.00
3	700–750	717	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	365	420.00	420.00
44	400–450	426	400.00	400.00
101	450–500	493	368.00	368.00
2	550–600	585	339.00	339.00
47	600–650	645	324.00	324.00
17	700–750	740	270.00–300.00	294.72
2	850–900	875	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	363	260.00–350.00	339.53
8	400–450	438	225.00–300.00	281.25
3	450–500	465	240.00–285.00	269.35
2	500–550	548	230.00	230.00
10	550–600	561	260.00–285.00	282.48
6	600–650	642	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	730	257.50	257.50
1	800–850	820	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	365	420.00–463.00	455.01
34	400–450	423	455.00–475.00	473.75
59	450–500	481	385.00–460.00	457.54
24	500–550	545	420.00	420.00
22	550–600	590	305.00–380.00	359.19
4	600–650	623	255.00–335.00	306.27
23	650–700	662	350.00	350.00
5	750–800	757	335.00	335.00
2	850–900	875	295.00	295.00
1	900–950	930	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	478	437.50	437.50
3	550–600	568	375.00	375.00
14	600–650	640	235.00–355.00	337.86
5	850–900	861	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	430.00	430.00
3	450–500	462	360.00	360.00
7	550–600	553	337.50	337.50
2	650–700	653	260.00	260.00
2	750–800	780	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	491	445.00	445.00
26	500–550	543	405.00–430.00	422.40
35	550–600	589	395.00	395.00
44	650–700	663	370.00	370.00
11	700–750	749	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	815	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	421	390.00–500.00	473.85
137	450–500	485	455.00–469.00	468.29
90	500–550	539	442.50	442.50
102	550–600	581	400.00	400.00
89	600–650	644	370.00–402.50	400.67
1	700–750	735	330.00	330.00
22	750–800	750	315.00–340.00	338.86
2	950–1000	958	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	490	375.00	375.00
9	600–650	647	360.00	360.00
6	800–850	833	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	470.00	470.00
2	300–350	330	365.00–380.00	372.27
4	350–400	360	440.00	440.00
8	450–500	463	435.00	435.00
4	550–600	560	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	645	320.00	320.00
2	750–800	773	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	430.00	430.00
2	300–350	343	465.00	465.00
6	350–400	372	390.00–447.50	429.47
3	400–450	445	365.00	365.00
7	450–500	461	325.00–385.00	359.16
4	500–550	526	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	561	325.00	325.00
4	600–650	640	327.50	327.50
6	650–700	652	285.00–315.00	309.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	415.00	415.00

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.