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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-04

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

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Nov 1Apr 4Apr 11 →

Receipts

598 head

▲ 423 vs last sale 175▼ 204 vs year ago 802 · −25.4%

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 $474.31/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 6 of 9 comparable sales and sits +69.41 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$474.31

60 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$930

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

$128.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.29

vs WV average

−8.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	496.00	2,804	25
Large 1	580	480.00	2,784	3thin
Medium 1	580	475.00	2,755	4thin
Medium and Large 1	562	475.00	2,670	17thin
Large 2	555	440.00	2,442	1thin
Medium and Large 2	549	433.69	2,382	5thin
Medium and Large 3	532	433.33	2,305	3thin
Small 1-2	510	367.48	1,874	2thin

One grade step is worth $128.52/cwt here — about $930 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 sale60 hd

474.31

—

WV average3 barns · 89 hd

469.02

+5.29

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−8.87

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

+69.41

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

75 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	240	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,440	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,175	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	275	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,568	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 4Thin Fleshed	325	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,771	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,118	9
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	345	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,760	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,368	1
Steers	350–400	Large 1	399	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,075	4
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	411	590.10/cwt	500.00–605.00	2,425	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	586.74/cwt	500.00–600.00	2,464	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,175	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,066	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	478	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,629	10
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	480	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,520	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	477.47/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,306	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,377	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	503	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,264	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	506	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,606	6
Steers	500–550	Small 1-2	510	367.48/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,874	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,988	2
Steers	550–600	Large 2	555	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,442	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,670	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	472.82/cwt	430.00–495.00	2,657	3
Steers	550–600	Large 1	580	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,784	3
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	580	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,755	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	584	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,862	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	590	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,360	1
Steers	600–650	Large 1	613	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,728	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	414.13/cwt	390.00–437.50	2,568	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,726	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	426.51/cwt	419.00–440.00	2,738	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,522	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	422.00/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,853	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	692	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,768	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,701	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	394.24/cwt	345.00–406.00	2,886	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	380.84/cwt	380.00–382.50	2,894	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	304.98/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,540	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	336.46/cwt	334.00–341.00	2,944	59
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	969	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,004	8
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,043	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,077	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	376.08/cwt	320.00–510.00	1,218	21
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	482.02/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,803	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,896	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,979	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,937	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,871	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,502	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,092	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,045	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,158	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	385.76/cwt	362.50–400.00	2,187	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	590	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,006	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	361.53/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,270	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,313	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1-2	651	357.60/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,328	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	684	345.93/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,366	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	310.07/cwt	280.00–320.00	2,304	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	337.50/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,639	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	795	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,067	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	312.07/cwt	290.00–313.00	2,531	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	899	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,787	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	920	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,999	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	933	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,892	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,225	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,407	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	421.48/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,859	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,479	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 4	530	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,272	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,183	5

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 Apr 4, 2026

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

Receipts 598Last week 175Year ago 802

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	399	520.00	520.00
3	550–600	580	480.00	480.00
2	600–650	613	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	510.00	510.00
11	400–450	411	500.00–605.00	590.10
6	450–500	480	525.00	525.00
4	550–600	580	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	600.00	600.00
1	250–300	275	570.00	570.00
1	350–400	360	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	475	435.00	435.00
2	500–550	503	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	590	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	500.00	500.00
14	600–650	642	419.00–440.00	426.51
44	650–700	676	405.00–435.00	422.00
30	700–750	732	345.00–406.00	394.24
6	750–800	760	380.00–382.50	380.84
2	800–850	833	300.00–310.00	304.98
59	850–900	875	334.00–341.00	336.46
8	950–1000	969	310.00	310.00
2	1000–1050	1,043	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	485	490.00	490.00
17	550–600	562	475.00	475.00
11	600–650	634	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	470.00	470.00
9	300–350	331	640.00	640.00
8	400–450	420	500.00–600.00	586.74
6	450–500	483	440.00–485.00	477.47
2	500–550	530	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	562	430.00–495.00	472.82
4	600–650	620	390.00–437.50	414.13
1	650–700	655	385.00	385.00
1	700–750	730	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	506	515.00	515.00
19	550–600	584	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	478	550.00	550.00
3	650–700	692	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	545.00	545.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	365.00–370.00	367.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	441	400.00–425.00	421.48
3	450–500	493	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	539	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	420	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	421	460.00	460.00
14	450–500	498	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	460.00–500.00	482.02
1	450–500	465	350.00	350.00
5	500–550	520	415.00	415.00
18	550–600	567	362.50–400.00	385.76
18	600–650	628	355.00–375.00	361.53
8	700–750	743	280.00–320.00	310.07
22	750–800	782	320.00–342.50	337.50
25	800–850	811	290.00–313.00	312.07
4	850–900	899	310.00	310.00
11	900–950	933	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	350.00	350.00
19	650–700	651	345.00–365.00	357.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	324	320.00–510.00	376.08
1	350–400	395	480.00	480.00
9	400–450	421	470.00	470.00
8	500–550	505	405.00	405.00
5	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
4	600–650	638	362.50	362.50
5	650–700	684	330.00–350.00	345.93
2	900–950	920	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	435	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	455	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	590	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	795	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	250.00	250.00

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.