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.

Cattle 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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