Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.43/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$137.43

14 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$0.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.16

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	137.71	694	7thin
Medium and Large 2	382	137.14	524	7thin

One grade step is worth $0.57/cwt here — about $170 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 sale14 hd

137.43

—

WV average5 barns · 113 hd

116.27

+21.16

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	1,458	71.70	1,045	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,358	65.62	891	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,640	65.00	1,066	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,094	48.03	525	5thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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 2Thin Fleshed	—	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	286	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	315	1
Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	426	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	941	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	456	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	634	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	387	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	561	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	53.16/cwt	52.00–54.50	594	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,469	73.08/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,074	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	713	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	44.61/cwt	44.00–45.00	481	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,066	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	63.01/cwt	59.00–68.00	839	3
Bulls	—	—	1,458	71.70/cwt	65.00–84.00	1,045	6

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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