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South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Moorefield, West Virginia · Sat, Apr 25

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1886

← Apr 18Apr 25Sep 19 →

Receipts

304 head

▼ 801 vs last sale 1,105▲ 85 vs year ago 219 · +38.8%

Also sold hereRegular saleSat Sep 26, 2026 Slaughter Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Board sale results; 1 load of 900# steers all Ms and L 1s bring $354.00cwt*

Also see regular sale results

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 $495.68/cwt on 21 head, down $2.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 9 comparable sales and sits +90.78 against this barn's trailing median of $404.89.

Average price

$495.68

▼ 2.62 vs prior sale

21 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$26.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.92

vs WV average

+16.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	558	501.20	2,794	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	518	480.00	2,486	3thin
Medium and Large 2	558	475.00	2,651	2thin

One grade step is worth $26.20/cwt here — about $144 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale21 hd

495.68

—

WV average2 barns · 26 hd

484.76

+10.92

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+16.65

This barn, trailing median9 sales

404.89

+90.78

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

53 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	215	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	860	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	230	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	943	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,701	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	582.02/cwt	520.00–600.00	1,944	4
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	343	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,075	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	399	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,334	7
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	429	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,445	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	490.17/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,343	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	488	511.04/cwt	507.50–512.50	2,494	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,486	3
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	520	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,756	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,651	2
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	560	499.28/cwt	485.00–515.00	2,796	15
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	627	371.44/cwt	350.00–415.00	2,329	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,776	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	396.62/cwt	372.00–407.50	2,848	22
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,599	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,780	2
Steers	850–900	Medium 1	856	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,928	7
Steers	900–950	Medium 1	900	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,903	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium 1	1,050	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,835	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Small 3	235	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,116	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,794	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 4	358	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,128	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	360	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,836	3
Heifers	350–400	Small 1-2	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,060	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	436	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,049	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	489	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,127	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,161	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,045	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	571	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,241	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,289	3
Heifers	600–650	Small 1-2	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,426	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	695	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,259	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	321.22/cwt	317.50–325.00	2,313	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	340.85/cwt	337.50–342.50	2,648	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,522	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	930	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,744	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium 1	980	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,426	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	245	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,544	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 4	290	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,218	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	563.94/cwt	550.00–610.00	1,912	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,482	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,322	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 4	388	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,533	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,371	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,914	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	446	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,119	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,363	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,369	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	710	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,325	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 Apr 25, 2026

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

Receipts 304Last week 1,105Year ago 219

*Board sale results; 1 load of 900# steers all Ms and L 1s bring $354.00cwt*

Also see regular sale results

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	630.00	630.00
9	350–400	387	600.00	600.00
5	400–450	435	545.00	545.00
4	500–550	531	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	550.00–610.00	563.94
2	400–450	440	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	385.00	385.00
4	400–450	446	475.00	475.00
2	550–600	585	405.00	405.00
2	700–750	710	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	420.00	420.00
2	350–400	388	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	630.00	630.00
3	500–550	518	480.00	480.00
22	700–750	718	372.00–407.50	396.62
2	750–800	783	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	400.00	400.00
4	300–350	334	520.00–600.00	582.02
7	350–400	399	585.00	585.00
5	450–500	478	450.00–500.00	490.17
2	550–600	558	475.00	475.00
2	650–700	665	417.50	417.50
3	750–800	770	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	605.00	605.00
7	400–450	429	570.00	570.00
17	450–500	488	507.50–512.50	511.04
1	500–550	520	530.00	530.00
15	550–600	560	485.00–515.00	499.28
3	600–650	627	350.00–415.00	371.44
7	850–900	856	342.00	342.00
1	900–950	900	322.50	322.50
1	1050–1100	1,050	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	500.00	500.00
3	600–650	630	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	357	502.50	502.50
6	400–450	427	482.50	482.50
5	450–500	494	437.50	437.50
4	550–600	568	360.00	360.00
2	700–750	720	317.50–325.00	321.22
1	900–950	930	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	627	365.00	365.00
4	650–700	693	350.00	350.00
6	750–800	777	337.50–342.50	340.85
2	850–900	855	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	510.00	510.00
6	400–450	436	470.00	470.00
16	450–500	489	435.00	435.00
7	550–600	571	392.50	392.50
1	650–700	695	325.00	325.00
1	950–1000	980	247.50	247.50

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.