Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.73/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$135.73

61 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$14.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.75

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	141.37	711	37
Medium and Large 2	472	127.03	599	24

One grade step is worth $14.33/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale61 hd

135.73

—

WV average6 barns · 496 hd

133.98

+1.75

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,451	80.19	1,164	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,326	63.05	836	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,459	58.43	853	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	53.37	617	5thin

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction - Buckhannon, WV

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	923	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	380	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	542	2
Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	582	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	722	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,242	83.20/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	135.76/cwt	134.00–145.00	600	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	429	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	819	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	718	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	404	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	629	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	752	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,227	53.28/cwt	51.50–57.50	654	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,286	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	836	1
Bulls	—	—	1,451	80.19/cwt	60.00–90.00	1,164	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	930	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	60.17/cwt	55.00–65.50	791	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	68.39/cwt	68.00–70.00	878	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,622	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	916	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	810	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	340	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	58.39/cwt	55.00–60.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	125.16/cwt	124.00–130.00	583	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	124.38/cwt	120.00–128.00	652	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	997	66.35/cwt	65.00–68.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	172	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	133.22/cwt	130.00–135.00	574	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	712	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	126.35/cwt	120.00–132.50	471	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	784	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	691	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	803	2

How this sale compares

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.

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