South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange

Moorefield, West Virginia · Feeder and slaughter cattle prices from the USDA report for Sat, Oct 3, 2026. 28 USDA reports in the last 12 months, usually on Saturday.

Receipts

1,279 head

Last reported: 923 (Sep 19, 2026)
Year ago: 1,586

500-599 lb steers

$378.00/cwt

6 head, M&L 1-2
n/a vs last week
▲ +$3.00 vs Oct 4, 2025

700-799 lb steers

$325.00/cwt

1 head, M&L 1-2
n/a vs last week
n/a vs Oct 4, 2025

Reports

28 in 12 mo

Since Oct 15, 2025
Usual day: Saturday

Prices, Oct 3, 2026 sale

Dollars per hundredweight (cwt). $/head is our estimate: average weight times average price.

Feeder steers, M&L 1
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
30	434434	480.00480.00	$2,083
14	500500	441.00441.00	$2,205
26	747747	328.00328.00	$2,450
11	775775	334.00334.00	$2,588
4	833833	327.50327.50	$2,728

Feeder steers, M&L 1-2
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
6	555555	378.00378.00	$2,098
1	790790	325.00325.00	$2,568
30	924910-933	297.09290.00-308.00	$2,745
2	978978	274.00274.00	$2,680

Feeder steers, M&L 2
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
11	364360-364	468.30350.00-480.00	$1,705
34	433405-434	466.61355.00-476.00	$2,020
37	492490-493	413.16410.00-430.00	$2,033
28	561561	372.50372.50	$2,090
3	645645	358.00358.00	$2,309
21	672672	348.00348.00	$2,339
8	764764	330.00330.00	$2,521
1	895895	285.00285.00	$2,551

Feeder steers, M&L 3
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
1	350350	350.00350.00	$1,225
2	440440	395.00395.00	$1,738
4	581581	340.00340.00	$1,975
5	669669	359.00359.00	$2,402
3	795795	300.00300.00	$2,385

Feeder steers, Large 1
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
44	563563	402.50402.50	$2,266
46	657657	376.00376.00	$2,470
1	760760	300.00300.00	$2,280

Feeder steers, Medium 1
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
5	435433-445	442.35325.00-472.50	$1,924
63	492450-493	422.85325.00-425.00	$2,080
2	505500-510	395.25370.00-420.00	$1,996
103	569552-580	413.11395.00-416.00	$2,351
10	591591	415.00415.00	$2,453	Value Added
1	610610	375.00375.00	$2,288
93	655650-665	369.03350.00-375.00	$2,417
1	715715	330.00330.00	$2,360

Feeder steers, Medium 2
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
1	290290	425.00425.00	$1,232
1	470470	400.00400.00	$1,880

Feeder steers, Medium 3
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
1	335335	350.00350.00	$1,172

Feeder steers, Medium 4
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
1	290290	350.00350.00	$1,015
1	470470	310.00310.00	$1,457

Feeder steers, Small 1
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
2	378378	325.00325.00	$1,228

Feeder heifers, M&L 1
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
35	420420	422.50422.50	$1,774
87	491491	382.50382.50	$1,878
54	561561	350.00350.00	$1,964
11	736736	270.00270.00	$1,987

Feeder heifers, M&L 1-2
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
18	520512-533	358.06332.50-375.00	$1,862
51	785785	301.50301.50	$2,367
12	834834	290.00290.00	$2,419
10	958958	240.00240.00	$2,299

Feeder heifers, M&L 2
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
3	348348	380.00380.00	$1,322
29	414414-425	396.82310.00-400.00	$1,643
33	497497	357.50357.50	$1,777
23	558558	330.00330.00	$1,841
14	646646	300.00300.00	$1,938
2	720720	250.00250.00	$1,800
2	828828	287.50287.50	$2,380

Feeder heifers, M&L 3
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
1	305305	325.00325.00	$991
6	473473	290.00290.00	$1,372
5	552552	270.00270.00	$1,490
6	641641	274.00274.00	$1,756
3	738738	287.50287.50	$2,122
1	815815	260.00260.00	$2,119

Feeder heifers, Large 1
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
3	635635	270.00270.00	$1,714

Feeder heifers, Medium 1
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
9	352352	395.00395.00	$1,390
2	495495	330.00330.00	$1,634
55	661653-697	320.00320.00	$2,115
1	815815	290.00290.00	$2,364

Feeder heifers, Small 1
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
1	345345	235.00235.00	$811

Feeder bulls, M&L 1-2
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
11	345345	450.00450.00	$1,552
17	447447	410.00410.00	$1,833
22	542542	376.00376.00	$2,038
10	631631	320.00320.00	$2,019

Feeder bulls, Medium 2
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
2	270260-280	427.22420.00-435.00	$1,153

52-week trend

Weekly head-weighted average price of Medium and Large 1-2 steers, all lots at this barn with an average weight in the band. 13 weeks with data.

500-599 lb700-799 lb

Show the weekly numbers

Week of	500-599 lb	700-799 lb
Sep 28, 2026	$378.00	$325.00
Aug 17, 2026	$427.50	-
Jun 8, 2026	$498.27	$391.65
May 18, 2026	-	$347.00
May 4, 2026	$524.00	-
Apr 20, 2026	$480.00	$393.15
Apr 13, 2026	$527.73	$380.73
Apr 6, 2026	$514.92	$418.32
Mar 30, 2026	$496.00	$392.01
Jan 5, 2026	$430.00	$325.00
Nov 10, 2025	$351.00	-
Oct 20, 2025	$421.07	$325.00
Oct 13, 2025	$418.33	$295.00

Price slide, Oct 3, 2026

Average $/cwt by 100 lb weight class for Medium and Large 1-2 steers and heifers at this sale. The small number is the change from the next lighter class.

SteersHeifers

Weight	Steers	Heifers
500-599 lb	$378.00	$358.06
700-799 lb	$325.00	$301.50
800-899 lb	-	$290.00-11.50
900-999 lb	$295.65	$240.00-50.00

Nearby barns

Straight-line miles between town centers. Price is 500-599 lb steers at each barn's latest USDA report, in that barn's benchmark grade.

Barn	Mi	Latest	500-599 lb
Preston Farmers MarketTerra Alta, WV	41	Oct 9	$372.80
Farmers Livestock ExchangeWinchester, VA	43	Oct 12	$398.51
Virginia Livestock LLCFront Royal, VA	43	Oct 8	-
Rockingham Graded Feeder Cattle SaleHarrisonburg, VA	44	Oct 8	-
Shenandoah Valley LivestockHarrisonburg, VA	44	Oct 10	$394.61

Source

As of Sat, Oct 3, 2026. Prices are USDA/state Market News reports; verify with the barn before selling.

South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange Special Graded Sale - Moorefield, WV (USDA PDF, report date Oct 3, 2026)
Latest AMS_1886 report on ams.usda.gov

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