South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Special Graded Sale Market Report

Moorefield, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Saturday, April 5, 2025

766 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $290.11/cwt +30.11 vs last sale · ≈ $2,242/hd at 773 lb · 80 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $308.50/cwt +15.74 vs last sale · ≈ $2,221/hd at 720 lb · 70 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $264.00/cwt ≈ $2,284/hd at 865 lb · 48 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	766	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433 thin fleshed	433	7	430.00	$430.00	$1,862	—
592	592	9	332.50	$332.50	$1,968	-1.50
621	621	10	330.00	$330.00	$2,049	+18.30
665–696	683	42	260.00–337.50	$309.68	$2,115	—
690 thin fleshed	690	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,932	—
720 thin fleshed	720	70	308.50	$308.50	$2,221	—
752–778	769	68	286.00–301.00	$293.31	$2,256	+33.31
792 thin fleshed	792	6	272.00	$272.00	$2,154	—
798	798	6	272.00	$272.00	$2,171	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	12	362.50	$362.50	$2,066	+22.50
865	865	48	264.00	$264.00	$2,284	—
901–920	917	33	245.00–249.00	$248.29	$2,277	—
985	985	11	250.00	$250.00	$2,462	—
1073	1073	12	225.00	$225.00	$2,414	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,102	—
419	419	11	420.00	$420.00	$1,760	—
489–497	492	26	412.50–415.00	$413.93	$2,037	—
562	562	11	340.00	$340.00	$1,911	—
631–646	641	15	315.00–332.50	$326.76	$2,095	—
676	676	4	310.00	$310.00	$2,096	-17.50
758	758	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,978	-11.50
845	845	6	240.00	$240.00	$2,028	—
935	935	2	233.00	$233.00	$2,179	—
985	985	1	237.00	$237.00	$2,334	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	5	420.00	$420.00	$1,415	—
424 thin fleshed	424	6	420.00	$420.00	$1,781	—
472–486	481	13	400.00–410.00	$403.78	$1,942	+71.28
485 thin fleshed	485	4	375.00	$375.00	$1,819	—
540	540	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,728	—
564 thin fleshed	564	14	360.00	$360.00	$2,030	—
590	590	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,770	-22.50
630	630	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,890	—
639 thin fleshed	639	16	330.00	$330.00	$2,109	—
737	737	9	265.00	$265.00	$1,953	+10.00
831	831	7	250.00	$250.00	$2,078	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	302.50	$302.50	$862	—
482 thin fleshed	482	9	380.00	$380.00	$1,832	—
563 thin fleshed	563	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,816	—
635	635	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,905	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,024	—
540	540	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,485	-27.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,244	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,925	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	245.00	$245.00	$956	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,066	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	3	300.00	$300.00	$825	—
606	606	7	292.50	$292.50	$1,773	+25.00
620	620	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,643	-2.50
653	653	7	274.00	$274.00	$1,789	+20.00
689	689	18	240.00–255.00	$247.50	$1,705	-6.50
711	711	9	245.00	$245.00	$1,742	—
711–745	734	22	248.00–249.00	$248.31	$1,823	—
866	866	7	231.00	$231.00	$2,000	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	334.00	$334.00	$1,019	—
370	370	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,221	+30.00
416	416	13	320.00	$320.00	$1,331	—
487	487	11	334.00	$334.00	$1,627	—
559 thin fleshed	559	15	305.00	$305.00	$1,705	—
618–636	629	11	247.00–260.00	$251.64	$1,583	—
735	735	4	234.00	$234.00	$1,720	—
878 thin fleshed	878	2	223.00	$223.00	$1,958	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	6	334.00	$334.00	$1,166	—
433	433	10	320.00	$320.00	$1,386	+30.00
490	490	17	325.00	$325.00	$1,592	+60.00
568–575	569	10	290.00–300.00	$298.99	$1,701	—
634	634	8	245.00	$245.00	$1,553	—
745	745	6	236.00	$236.00	$1,758	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	4	310.00	$310.00	$1,085	—
444	444	7	310.00	$310.00	$1,376	—
457	457	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,074	—
535	535	6	270.00	$270.00	$1,444	—
583	583	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,312	+15.00
620 thin fleshed	620	1	160.00	$160.00	$992	—
715	715	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,644	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	12	235.00	$235.00	$1,833	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	250.00	$250.00	$962	—
634	634	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,268	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	4	305.00	$305.00	$1,720	—
658	658	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,645	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459	459	6	360.00	$360.00	$1,652	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.