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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-01

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 1

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Oct 25Nov 1Apr 4 →

Receipts

175 head

▲ 175 vs last sale 0▼ 132 vs year ago 307 · −43.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.50/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −10.35 against this barn's trailing median of $342.85.

Average price

$332.50

18 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$12.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.59

vs WV average

−42.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	559	337.50	1,887	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	566	330.00	1,868	7thin
Medium and Large 2	572	325.00	1,859	3thin

One grade step is worth $12.50/cwt here — about $28 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 sale18 hd

332.50

—

WV average6 barns · 58 hd

305.91

+26.59

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−42.39

This barn, trailing median9 sales

342.85

−10.35

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $404.15, low $315.14, median $342.85 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

31 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	50–100	Medium 1	69	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	262	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	351	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,562	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,592	3
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	448	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,016	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,032	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,100	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,136	4
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	569	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,304	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,527	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,314	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,325	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	843	321.03/cwt	315.00–323.00	2,706	16
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,610	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,007	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	327.67/cwt	280.00–355.00	1,229	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	408	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,387	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	412	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,257	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,442	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	443	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,462	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,554	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	488	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,635	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	559	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,887	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,868	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,859	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	634	634.00/cwt	634.00–634.00	4,020	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,875	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,136	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,295	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	804	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,090	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,389	2

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 Nov 1, 2025

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

Receipts 175Last week 0Year ago 307

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	408	340.00	340.00
6	450–500	488	335.00	335.00
8	550–600	559	337.50	337.50
7	600–650	634	634.00	634.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	566	330.00	330.00
22	650–700	678	315.00	315.00
6	750–800	778	295.00	295.00
6	800–850	804	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	305.00	305.00
4	350–400	375	280.00–355.00	327.67
4	400–450	424	340.00	340.00
7	450–500	471	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	572	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	658	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	50–100	69	379.00	379.00
3	400–450	448	450.00	450.00
8	550–600	569	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	351	445.00	445.00
4	450–500	494	425.00	425.00
2	700–750	723	320.00	320.00
16	800–850	843	315.00–323.00	321.03
3	1000–1050	1,000	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	400.00	400.00
5	450–500	478	425.00	425.00
4	500–550	534	400.00	400.00
2	650–700	683	370.00	370.00
2	750–800	775	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	430.00	430.00

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.